Meknes-Tafilalet

Meknes-Tafilalet مكناس تافيلالت ⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ-ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Meknes
surface	79,210 km²
Residents	2,141,527 (2004)
density	27 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 (obsolete)	MA-06 (until 2018)

Coordinates: 33 ° 53 ′  N , 5 ° 33 ′  W

Ifrane in the Middle Atlas

Rammed earth and date palms oases in Tafilalet

Meknès-Tafilalet ( Arabic مكناس تافيلالت; tamazight ⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ-ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ) was one of the 16 regions of Morocco until the administrative reform of 2015 and was located in the north of the kingdom. In the entire area of ​​Meknès-Tafilalet in 2004, 2,141,527 people lived in a total area of ​​79,210 km² at the census. The capital of the region was the city of Meknes .

Geography and history

The geographically and sociologically rather inconsistent area was connected by caravan routes (see Sidschilmasa ) since antiquity and especially in the Middle Ages . The highest point is the up to 3747  m high Jbel Ayachi massif near Midelt ; many mountains reach heights of over 2000  m (e.g. Jbel Hebri and Jbel Mischliffen ). The desert-like flat area of ​​the Tafilalet is also about 800 to 1000  m high.

Important cities

Important cities are from north to south: Moulay Idris , El Hajeb and Khénifra northwest of the Middle Atlas , Azrou , Ifrane and Midelt in the middle of the Atlas Mountains , and Errachidia , Erfoud and Rissani on the edge of the Sahara .

The Berber town of Imilchil in the High Atlas , famous far beyond Morocco for its marriage market, also belongs to the Meknès-Tafilalet region.

Provinces

The region consisted of the following provinces:

• Meknes prefecture
• Ifrane
• El Hajeb
• Khénifra
• Midelt
• Errachidia

Web links

Commons : Meknès-Tafilalet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Regions of Morocco - Map and Info

Individual evidence

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