Fès-Meknes

Fès-Meknes
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Fez
surface	40,075 km²
Residents	4,288,494 (2016)
density	107 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MA-03

Coordinates: 34 ° 3 ′  N , 5 ° 0 ′  W

The Fès-Meknes region ( Arabic فاس - مكناس) is one of the 12 regions of Morocco that were newly created after an administrative reform in 2015 and extends in the north of the kingdom. The name of the region is derived from the two traditional cities of Fès and Meknes . The capital of the region is Fez.

population

In the entire Fès-Meknes region, around 4.235 million people of Arab and Berber descent live in an area of ​​almost 39,000 km². Around 1.672 million people live in rural areas ( communes rurales ), around 2.564 million people live in cities ( municipalités ).

Provinces

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

• Boulemane Province
• El Hajeb Province
• Fes prefecture
• Ifrane Province
• Meknes province
• Moulay Yacoub Province
• Sefrou Province
• Taounate Province
• Taza Province

Web links

Commons : Fès-Meknès  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monograph de la Région de Fès-Meknes. 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).