Essaouira (Province)

Essaouira province in the Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz region

Essaouira ( Arabic إقليم الصويرة, Taschelhit ⵜⴰⵙⴳⴰ ⵏ ⵎⵓⴳⴰⴹⵓⵔ Tasga n Mugaḍur ) is a province in Morocco . Since the administrative reform of 2015 it has belonged to the Marrakech-Safi region (previously Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz ) and is located on the Atlantic coast in the south of the country, between Safi and Agadir . The province has 452,979 inhabitants (2004).

Biggest places

The places marked with (M) are classified as urban settlements (Municipalités) ; the rest are considered rural communities (communes rurales) and each consist of several villages.

local community	Residents (Sept. 2, 1994)	Residents (Sept. 2, 2004)
Essaouira (M)	56,074	69,493
Aït Daoud (M)	2.118	2,497
El Hanchane (M)	3,898	4,698
Talmest (M)	3,406	4.133
Tamanar (M)	8,620	9,984
Aglif	8,559	8,934
Aqermoud	14,584	15,037
Bizdad	8,418	8,605
Had Dra	8,882	8,984
Imi N'Tlit	8,357	8,215
Korimate	11,638	10,842
Ounagha	11,440	12,188
Sidi Laâroussi	13,343	13,203
Sidi Ishaq	9,662	9,553
Takoucht	5,322	5,135
Tidzi	5,146	4,769

Individual evidence

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