Chichaoua (Province)

Province Chichaoua in the former Region Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz

Chichaoua ( Arabic إقليم شيشاوة, DMG Iqlīm Šīšāwa , Taschelhit ⵜⴰⵙⴳⴰ ⵏ ⵛⵉⵛⴰⵡⴰ Tasga n Cicawa ) is a province in Morocco that was created in 1991 . It has belonged to the Marrakech-Safi region since 2015 (previously to Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz ) and is located in the south of the country, west of Marrakech and east of Essaouira . The province has about 370,000 inhabitants (2014). The Oued Chichaoua of the same name (sometimes also spelled Shishawah ) is one of two important tributaries of the Oued Tensift .

Biggest places

The places marked with (M) are classified as cities ( municipalités ); the other places, however, have the status of rural communities ( communes rurales ).

local community	1994 residents	2004 residents	Residents 2014
Chichaoua (M)	9,737	15,657	27,869
Imintanoute (M)	12,588	17,067	20,837
Lamzoudia	20,452	22,454	25,674
Sid L'Mokhtar	16,961	19,188	22,714
M'Zouda	14,680	15.166	23,148
Zaouia Annahlia	13,704	15,950	10,757
Douirane	12,473	14,191	16,138
Bouabout	12,167	12,196	11,494
Ahdil	11,631	11,764	11,438
Majjat	11,521	11,798	13,258
Taouloukoult	10.171	10,668	10,682

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics Morocco ( Memento from July 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )