Fez-Meknes
Fès-Meknès
فاس مكناس ⴼⴻⵙ-ⵎⴻⴽⵏⴰⵙ | |
|---|---|
 Location in Morocco | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Chef-lieu | Fès |
| Government | |
| • President | Mohand Laenser |
| • Wali | Said Zniber |
| Population (2014 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,236,892 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| Website | www |
Fès-Meknès (Template:Lang-ber; Template:Lang-ar) is one of the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,236,892 (2014 census).[1] Its capital is Fès[2] and its current president is Mohand Laenser and its current Wali is Said Zniber.[citation needed]
History
Fès-Meknes was formed in September 2015 by merging Fès-Boulemane with the prefecture of Meknès and the provinces of El Hajeb and Ifrane (in Meknès-Tafilalet region) and the provinces of Taounate and Taza (in Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region).[2]
Administrative divisions
The region of Fès-Meknes contains 7 provinces and 2 prefectures:[2][3]
| Province or Prefecture |
admenistrative type |
geographical code |
ISO code | HASC Code[4] | surface[5] Km² |
number of municipalities or arrondissement |
number of rural communes | Popolation 2014 |
gov. party sept 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fès Prefecture | Prefecture | 03.231. |
MA-FES | MA.FM.FS | 311,5 | 6 | 3 | 1.150.131 | PJD |
| Meknès Prefecture | Prefecture | 03.061. |
MA-MEK | MA.FM.ME | 1.787 | 6 | 15 | 835.695 | PJD |
| El Hajeb Province | Province | 03.171. |
MA-HAJ | MA.FM.EH | 2.135 | 4 | 12 | 247.016 | PI |
| Ifrane Province | Province | 03.271. |
MA-IFR | MA.FM.IF | 3.777 | 2 | 8 | 155.221 | MP |
| Sefrou Province | Province | 03.451. |
MA-SEF | MA.FM.SE | 3.462 | 5 | 18 | 286.489 | MP |
| Moulay Yacoub Province | Province | 03.591. |
MA-MOU | MA.FM.ZM | 1.480 | 1 | 10 | 174.079 | PAM |
| Boulemane Province | Province | 03.131. |
MA-BOM | MA.FM.BO | 14.234 | 4 | 17 | 197.596 | MP |
| Taza Province | Province | 03.561. |
MA-TAZ | MA.FM.TZ | 6.097 | 4 | 34 | 528.419 | PAM Canceled[6] |
| Taounate Province | Province | 03.531. |
MA-TAO | MA.FM.TN | 5.598 | 5 | 44 | 662.246 | RNI |
References
- ^ a b "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354" (pdf). Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- ^ a b c "Décret fixant le nom des régions" (pdf). Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales (in French). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ pncl.gov.ma Official Journal of the Kingdom of Morocco in March 2015
- ^ HASC code for moroccan subdivisions
- ^ www.citypopulation.de
- ^ Administrative Court Fez lose the "PAM" the presidency of the Regional Council of Taza (in Arabic)
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