Boulemane Province Explained

Boulemane Province (Arabic: إقليم بولمان) is a province of Morocco, formerly in the Fès-Boulemane Region. The Fès-Boulemane region became part of Fès-Meknès September 2015 by merging Fès-Boulemane with the prefecture of Meknès and the provinces of El Hajeb and Ifrane (in Meknès-Tafilalet region) and the provinces of Taounate and Taza (in Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region).

The province had a population of 185,110 people in 2004. https://archive.today/20130209130619/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1248408527&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-6442&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500

The major cities and towns are: https://archive.today/20130106012726/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1248938698&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-6442&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500

  1. Boulemane
  2. Guigou
  3. Imouzzer Marmoucha
  4. Missour
  5. Outat El Haj

Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:[1]

Name Geographic code Type Households Population (2004) Foreign population Moroccan population Notes
131.01.01. Municipality 1541 6910 1 6909
131.01.02. Municipality 908 4001 1 4000
131.01.03. Municipality 4286 20978 28 20950
131.01.05. Municipality 2625 13945 5 13940
131.03.01. Rural commune 612 3480 0 3480
131.03.03. Rural commune 440 2243 0 2243
131.03.05. Rural commune 445 2698 0 2698
131.03.07. Rural commune 1178 5891 1 5890
131.03.09. Rural commune 1534 8164 0 8164
131.03.11. Rural commune 3694 19035 1 19034 7976 residents live in the center, called Guigou; 11059 residents live in rural areas.
131.03.13. Rural commune 733 3726 0 3726
131.03.15. Rural commune 1934 8713 1 8712
131.03.17. Rural commune 650 3710 0 3710
131.05.01. Rural commune 1759 10067 1 10066
131.05.03. Rural commune 963 5509 0 5509
131.05.05. Rural commune 1705 9522 20 9502
131.07.01. Rural commune 1179 7609 2 7607
131.07.03. Rural commune 1079 6774 0 6774
131.07.05. Rural commune 3314 26022 5 26017
131.07.07. Rural commune 1074 6669 0 6669
131.07.09. Rural commune 1455 9444 2 9442

Infrastructure

In 2019, the Moroccan government and German development bank KFW announced that Boulemane will be one of seven regions to construct a solar energy plant as part of the country's larger goal to increase renewable energy production.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004 . Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com . 27 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724191316/http://www.lavieeco.com/documents_officiels/Recensement%20population.pdf . 24 July 2012 .
  2. Web site: Morocco Launches International Tenders for Seven Solar Plants | the North Africa Post.