Tarfaya (province)
The Moroccan province of Tarfaya is located in the south of the country and has been one of the four provinces of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region since 2015 . With a total area of approx. 12,270 km², about half of which is in the Western Sahara , which was annexed by Morocco in 1975/76 , it is the country's smallest province in terms of population with only approx. 13,000 inhabitants. The capital is the city of Tarfaya , which has a population of around 8,000 . The northern part of the province belonged to the so-called Tarfaya Strip from 1916 to 1958 .
population
The settling down of the nomads , which only began in the 20th century, played an essential factor ; Since the 1960s, Berbers from the increasingly arid regions of the Anti-Atlas have also settled here. The annexation of the Western Sahara areas brought an additional economic boost to the region.
economy
Fishing and agriculture play only minor roles in the economic life of the province; animal husbandry was far more important in earlier times. Many men now work in the cities of the north or in Europe. In the last decades of the 20th century, tourism was added as a source of income.
places
Only the city of Tarfaya is classified as an urban settlement area ( municipalité ); the other places are considered rural communities ( cummunes rurales ).
local community | 1994 residents |
2004 residents |
Residents 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Tarfaya (M) | 4,506 | 5,615 | 8,027 |
Daoura | 966 | 878 | 1.108 |
El Hagounia | 882 | 1,089 | 151 |
Akhfennir | 1,334 | 1,583 | 2,280 |
Tah | 563 | 1,255 | 1,516 |
to hum | 8,251 | 10,420 | 13,082 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population statistics Morocco ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Statistics Western Sahara