Meknes (prefecture)

Meknes Prefecture in the Meknes-Tafilalet region

Meknes - Bab Mansour

Moulay Idris

Volubilis - Basilica (in the background the city of Moulay Idris)

Meknes ( Arabic عمالة مكناس تافيلالت) is an independent prefecture of Morocco . It has belonged to the Fès-Meknès region (previously Meknès-Tafilalet ) since the administrative reform of 2015 and is located in the middle of the country, between Rabat and Fès . The population is 713,609 (2004).

Attractions

The city of Meknes itself, the pilgrimage site of Moulay Idriss and the ruins of the neighboring Roman city of Volubilis are of tourist interest .

Biggest places

The places marked with (M) are classified as cities ( Municipalités ); the other places are rural communities ( communes rurales ) with numerous villages.

local community	Residents
	2nd September 1994	September 2, 2004
Meknes (M)	392.972	469.169
Al Machouar - Stinia (M)	8,061	5,387
Boufakrane (M)	4.223	6.326
Toulal (M)	12,668	13,852
Moulay Idris (M)	12,519	12,611
Ouislane (M)	28,687	47,824
Ain Jemaa	12,942	13,146
Ain karma	9.133	9,738
Ain Orma	3,707	3,716
Ait Ouallal	5,532	5,455
Dar Oum Soltane	5,353	6.104
Oued Rommane	6,515	6,076
Dkhissa	11,353	13,531
Majjate	10,841	8,514
M'Haya	16,896	21,112
Oued Jdida	12,703	13,634
Sidi Slimane Moul Al Kifane	8,934	15,136
Charqaoua	5,154	5,540
Karmet Ben Salem	5,034	4,180
Mrhassiyine	8.212	7,774
N'Zalat Beni Amar	9,471	8,609
Oualili	6,594	6.151
Sidi Abdallah al Khayat	10.097	10,014
to hum	608.441	713,609

Individual evidence

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