| Official Name: | Ghafsai |
| Native Name: | غفساي |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Morocco |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ghafsai in Morocco. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Morocco |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fès-Meknès |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Taounate Province |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 6,361 |
| Timezone: | WEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | 34.628°N -4.9109°W |
Ghafsai (ar|غفساي) is a town in Taounate Province, in the region of Fas-Meknas, Morocco. It is located in the Rif Mountains. As of the 2014 Moroccan census, Ghafsai has 6,361 inhabitants.[1]
After being controlled by the Kingdom of Morocco in the previous decades, Ghafsai was within Spanish Morocco from 1912 to 1921,[2] and then the Rif Republic ruled over the Rif region, including Ghafsai, from 1921 to 1926.[3] In the Rif War of the 1920s Interwar Period, Ghafsai was within the warzone.[4] After the Rif Republic lost the war, the area returned under Spanish control.[5]
During the Ifni War in the 1950s, the Moroccan Army of Liberation used Ghafsai as one of their centers of operations against the Spanish and French.[6]
In January 2016, 18 urban development projects spanning over of land were announced to be in progress. Grants for a house relocation project totaled 8.63 million Moroccan dirhams, while the cost for a new sewage system was estimated at 47 million dirhams. Construction of a shopping center, a school, a sports complex, car parking area, economic development area, parks, a landfill, and an electrical network overhaul are also planned. In total, all of these new projects are estimated to add up to the cost of over 300 million dirhams.[7]
Ghafsai is located in the Rif Mountains in the northern part of Morocco.
Ghafsai is one of the major producers of cannabis in Morocco,[8] but in recent years other agriculture and beekeeping ventures have developed also.[9] Faba beans and barley are also produced in Ghafsai.[10]