Fès-Meknès Explained

Fez-Meknes
Settlement Type:Region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Morocco
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Fez
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Abdelouhed El Ansari
Population As Of:2014 census
Population Total:4236892
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:34.0333°N -5°W
Leader Title1:Wali (governor)
Leader Name1:Said Zniber
Iso Code:MA-03

Fès-Meknès or Fez-Meknes (Arabic: فاس-مكناس|fās maknās) is among the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,236,892 (2014 census).[1] Its capital is Fez.[2] Its current president is Mohand Laenser, and its current wali (governor) is Said Zniber.

History

Fès-Meknes was formed in 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).

Administrative divisions

The region of Fès-Meknes contains 7 provinces and 2 prefectures:[3]

Province
or Prefecture
administrative
type
geographical
code
HASC Code[4] surface[5]
Km²
number of municipalities
or arrondissement
number of rural communes Population
2014
gov. party
sept 2015
Fès PrefectureMA-FES MA.FM.FS 311,5 6 3 1.150.131 PJD
Meknès PrefectureMA-MEK MA.FM.ME 1.787 615 835.695 PJD
El Hajeb ProvinceMA-HAJ MA.FM.EH 2.135 412 247.016 PI
Ifrane ProvinceMA-IFR MA.FM.IF 3.777 28 155.221 MP
Sefrou ProvinceMA-SEF MA.FM.SE 3.462 518 286.489 MP
MA-MOU MA.FM.ZM 1.480 110 174.079 PAM
Boulemane ProvinceMA-BOM MA.FM.BO 14.234 417 197.596 MP
MA-TAZ MA.FM.TZ 6.097 434 528.419 PAM Canceled[6]
Taounate ProvinceMA-TAO MA.FM.TN 5.598 544 662.246 RNI

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354 . 2015-07-11 . pdf . Haut-Commissariat au Plan . ar . 2018-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226055518/https://www.hcp.ma/404.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Décret fixant le nom des régions . 20 February 2015 . 11 December 2015 . pdf . Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf . 18 May 2015 .
  3. http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf pncl.gov.ma Official Journal of the Kingdom of Morocco in March 2015
  4. http://www.statoids.com/yma.html HASC code for moroccan subdivisions
  5. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/morocco-fesmeknes_d.php?adm2id=231 www.citypopulation.de
  6. http://www.le360.ma/ar/politique/64607 Administrative Court Fez lose the "PAM" the presidency of the Regional Council of Taza