Administrative Division of Morocco

Administrative units of Morocco.

The territory of Morocco consists of 75 administrative units of the second level: 13 prefectures and 62 provinces . They are united in 12 regions , which are administrative units of the first level. Each prefecture and province is divided into Arondismans (only in the prefectures of some metro areas ), communes or urban communes in other urban areas and rural communes in rural areas (administrative units of the fourth level). One prefecture ( Casablanca ) is also divided into prefectures of Arondismans , occupying an intermediate position of administrative division between prefectures and Arondismans. In the same way, rural communes are united in areas .

Content

List of Areas

Since September 2015, it is divided into 12 regions.

Provinces of Morocco since 2015.

No. on the map	Region	Administrative Centre	Administrative units		Number population (2014) ^[1]		Area ^[1]		Density population people / km²
No. on the map	Region	Administrative Centre	amount provinces and prefectures	amount communes	Number of the population	%	Square, km²	%	Density population people / km²
one	Tangier - Tetuan - Al Hoceima	Tangier	7	110	3,556,729	10.51	15,090	2.04	235.7
2	East	Ujda	eight	147	2,314,346	6.84	82 820	11.17	27.94
3	Fes - Meknes	Fez	9	194	4 236 892	12.52	47,705	6.43	88.81
four	Rabat - Sale - Kenitra	Rabat	7	114	4,580,866	13.53	18 385	2.48	249.16
five	Beni Mellal - Henifra	Beni Mellal	6	164	2,520,776	7.45	33 208	4.48	75.91
6	Casablanca - Settat	Casablanca	9	153	6 861 739	20.27	20 166	2.72	340.26
7	Marrakech - Safi	Marrakesh	eight	251	4,520,569	13.36	38,445	5.19	117.59
eight	Draa - Tafilalet	Rashidia	five	109	1 635 008	4.83	105 383	14.21	15,51
9	Sousse - Mass	Agadir	6	175	2 676 847	7.91	51 642	6.97	51.83
ten	Gulimin - Oued Nun ¹	Gulimin	four	53	433,757	1.28	64,473	6.97	8.4
eleven	El Aaiun - Seget El Hamra ¹	El Aaiun	four	20	367,758	1.09	121 219	16.35	3.03
12	Dakhla - Oued ed Dahab ²	Dahla	2	13	142 955	0.42	142,865	19.27	one
Total			75	1503	33 848 242	100	741 401	100	45.65

¹ - partially located within the disputed territory of Western Sahara
² - completely located within the disputed territory of Western Sahara

Regions in 1997-2015

Administrative division of Morocco (1997—2015)


Card number	Region	Administrative center	Square, km²	Population, people (2004)	Density, people / km²
one	Shavia Wardiga	Settat	7 010	1 655 660	236.19
2	Dukkala abda	Safi	13,285	1 984 039	149.34
3	Fes Bulman	Fez	19,795	1,573,055	79.47
four	Garb-Schrarda-Beni-Hsen	Kenitra	8 805	1 859 540	211.19
five	Greater Casablanca	Casablanca	1,615	3 631 061	2248.33
6	Gulimin Es Smara ¹	Gulimin	71 970	401 984	5.58
7	El Aaiun-Bujdur-Segiet El Hamra ²	El Aaiun	139,480	256 152	1.84
eight	Marrakech-Tensift El Aouz	Marrakesh	31 160	3 102 652	99.57
9	Meknes-Tafilalet	Meknes	79 210	2 141 527	27.04
ten	East	Ujda	82 820	1 918 094	23.16
eleven	Wadi al-Dahab al-Kuwira ²	Dahla	50,880	99 367	1.95
12	Rabat-Sale-Zammur-Zaer	Rabat	9 580	2,366,494	247.02
13	Souss Massa Draa	Agadir	70,880	3 113 653	43.93
14	Tadla azilal	Beni Mellal	17 125	1,450,519	84.70
15	Tangier Tetuan	Tangier	11 570	2 470 372	213.52
sixteen	Taza Al Hoceima Taunat	Pelvis	24,155	1 807 113	74.81
	Total		639 340	29 831 282	46.66

¹ - partially located within the disputed territory of Western Sahara
² - completely located within the disputed territory of Western Sahara

Western Sahara

The so-called southern provinces of Morocco - Gulimin-Es-Smara (6), El-Aayun-Bujdur-Segiet-el-Hamra (7) and Wadi al-Dahab al-Kuwira (11) - include the territory of occupied Western Sahara, whose affiliation is disputed by Morocco and the Polisario Front , which advocates for the independence of Western Sahara within the framework of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic , but currently controls areas only east of the Moroccan Wall .

Notes

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