Souss-Massa-Draâ

Souss-Massa-Draâ سوس ماسة درعة
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Agadir
surface	70,880 km²
Residents	3,113,653 (2004)
density	44 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 (obsolete)	MA-13 ​​(until 2018)

Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′  N , 9 ° 35 ′  W

Souss-Massa-Draâ ( Arabic سوس ماسة درعة) was one of the 16 regions of Morocco until the administrative reform of 2015 and was located in the south of the kingdom. Around 4 million people (mostly Berbers ) live in the entire area of ​​Souss-Massa-Draâ on an area of ​​around 70,880 km². The capital of the region was Agadir on the Atlantic coast ; the fertile Souss plain was part of the region.

The name of the region was derived from the three great rivers Oued Souss , Oued Massa and Oued Draâ .

The region consisted of the following provinces, whose main towns often have the same name:

• Agadir-Ida ou Tanane
• Chtouka-Aït Baha
• Inezgane-Aït Melloul
• Ouarzazate
• Sidi Ifni
• Taroudant
• Tinghir
• Tiznit
• Zagora

Since 2015 the prefectures Agadir-Ida ou Tanane and Inezgane-Aït Melloul, as well as the provinces Chtouka-Aït Baha, Taroudannt and Tiznit belong to the region Souss-Massa . The provinces of Ouarzazate, Tinghir and Zagora belong to the Drâa-Tafilalet region . The Sidi Ifni province belongs to the Guelmim-Oued Noun region .

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