Béni Mellal (Province)

Béni Mellal province in the Tadla-Azilal region

Béni Mellal ( Arabic إقليم بني ملال, DMG Iqlīm Banī Mallāl , Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵙⴳⴰ ⵏ ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ Tasga n Ayt Mllal ) is a province in Morocco . Since the administrative reform of 2015, it has belonged to the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region (previously Tadla-Azilal ) and is located in the center of the country, on the northwestern slope of the High Atlas . The province has 488,505 inhabitants (2004).

Flag of the Province of Béni Mellal

Municipalities

The municipalities in the province as self-governing bodies of the local community are shown in the table below with the number of inhabitants. Only the first four municipalities are classified as urban settlements (M = commune municipal ); another 18 municipalities are considered rural communities ( communes rurales ) and consist of a large number of villages. The spelling of the municipalities according to the 2004 review differs in some cases from the spelling in Décret no 2-09-320 du 11 juin 2009 fixant la liste des cercles, des caïdats et des communes urbaines et rurales . A different spelling in the decree is added in brackets.

local community	Residents
	2nd September 1994	September 2, 2004
Beni-Mellal (M)	140.212	163.286
El Ksiba (M)	15,355	18,481
Kasba Tadla (M)	36,570	40,898
Zaouiat Cheikh (M)	19.906	22,728
Aghbala	11,754	12,400
Ait Oum El Bekht	9,531	9,893
Boutferda	5,452	6.333
Thee El Ksiba	19,559	19,130
Foum El Anceur	10.190	13,795
Foum Oudi	7,194	7,802
Guettaya	14,701	14,621
Naour	6,409	6,433
Oulad Gnaou (Ouled Gnaou)	10,708	11,256
Oulad M'Barek (Ouled M'Barek)	15,578	17,578
Oulad Said L'Oued (Ouled Said L'Oued)	12,454	13,618
Oulad Yaich (Ouled Yaich)	26,744	27,773
Oulad Youssef (Ouled Youssef)	11,598	12,804
Semguet	10,786	11,122
Sidi Jaber	17,961	18,678
Taghzirt	18,046	18,942
Tanougha	9.412	10,874
Tizi N'Isly	6.003	10,060

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spelling of the municipalities after: Communes & villes du Maroc
2. ↑ Population statistics of the municipalities, sorted by provinces ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Bulletin officiel du Royaume du Maroc, no 5744, 18 June 2009, p. 1018–1036 Page 60 of the PDf file 5063 kB

Web links

• Communes & Villes du Maroc. Province of Beni Mellal
• Beni Mellal Province at Geonames