Marrakech-Safi

Marrakech-Safi
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Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Marrakech
surface	39,167 km²
Residents	4,599,241 (2016)
density	117 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MA-07

Coordinates: 31 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W

The Marrakech-Safi region ( Arabic مراكش - آسفي) is one of the 12 regions of Morocco that were newly created after an administrative reform in 2015 and extends in the west of the kingdom. The name of the region is derived from the two largest cities, Marrakech and Safi . The capital of the region is the city of Marrakech.

population

In the entire Marrakech-Safi region, around 4.520 million people (mostly of Berber descent) live in an area of ​​around 39,000 km². Around 2.582 million people live in rural areas ( communes rurales ), around 1.938 million people live in cities ( municipalités ).

Provinces

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

• Marrakech prefecture
• Chichaoua Province
• Al Haouz Province
• El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province
• Essaouira Province
• Rehamna Province
• Safi Province
• Youssoufia Province

The region comprises 198 rural communities and 18 cities.

Web links

Commons : Marrakech-Safi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monograph de la Région de Marrakech-Safi. 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).