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.
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).
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 | ||
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Fès Prefecture | MA-FES | MA.FM.FS | 311,5 | 6 | 3 | 1.150.131 | PJD | |||
Meknès Prefecture | MA-MEK | MA.FM.ME | 1.787 | 6 | 15 | 835.695 | PJD | |||
El Hajeb Province | MA-HAJ | MA.FM.EH | 2.135 | 4 | 12 | 247.016 | PI | |||
Ifrane Province | MA-IFR | MA.FM.IF | 3.777 | 2 | 8 | 155.221 | MP | |||
Sefrou Province | MA-SEF | MA.FM.SE | 3.462 | 5 | 18 | 286.489 | MP | |||
MA-MOU | MA.FM.ZM | 1.480 | 1 | 10 | 174.079 | PAM | ||||
Boulemane Province | MA-BOM | MA.FM.BO | 14.234 | 4 | 17 | 197.596 | MP | |||
MA-TAZ | MA.FM.TZ | 6.097 | 4 | 34 | 528.419 | PAM Canceled[6] | ||||
Taounate Province | MA-TAO | MA.FM.TN | 5.598 | 5 | 44 | 662.246 | RNI |