Béni Mellal-Khénifra

Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Beni Mellal
surface	28,374 km²
Residents	2,549,118 (2016)
density	90 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MA-05

Coordinates: 32 ° 20 ′  N , 6 ° 22 ′  W

The Béni Mellal-Khénifra region ( Arabic بني ملال خنيفرة) is one of the - after an administrative reform in 2015 - newly created 12 regions of Morocco and extends in the north of the kingdom. The name of the region is derived from the two large cities Beni-Mellal and Khénifra . The capital of the region is the city of Beni Mellal.

population

In the entire Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, around 2.520 million people of Arab and Berber descent live in an area of ​​around 27,700 km². Approx. 1.282 million people live in rural areas ( communes rurales ), around 1.238 million people live in cities ( municipalités ).

Provinces

The region consists of the following provinces, whose capitals have the same name:

• Azilal Province
• Province of Béni Mellal
• Fquih Ben Salah Province
• Province of Khénifra
• Khouribga Province

Web links

Commons : Béni Mellal-Khénifra  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monograph de la Région de Béni Mellal-Khénifra. In: Portail national des collectivites territoriales. Royaume du Maroc, Ministere de l'Interieur, accessed on December 9, 2018 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annuaire Statistique du Maroc, année 2017. Haut-Commissariat au Plan, 22 November 2018, p. 22 , accessed on 9 December 2018 (in French).