Fès-Meknès

Fès-Meknès فاس مكناس ⴼⴻⵙ-ⵎⴻⴽⵏⴰⵙ
Region
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 34°02′N 5°0′W / 34.033°N 5.000°W / 34.033; -5.000Coordinates: 34°02′N 5°0′W / 34.033°N 5.000°W / 34.033; -5.000
Country	Morocco
Chef-lieu	Fès
Government
• President	Mohand Laenser
• Wali	Said Zniber
Population (2014 census)^[1]
• Total	4,236,892
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)
Website	www.fes-city.com

Fès-Meknès (Arabic: فاس-مكناس‎‎; Berber: ⴼⴻⵙ-ⵎⴻⴽⵏⴰⵙ) is one of the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,236,892 (2014 census).^[1] Its capital is Fès^[2] and its current president is Mohand Laenser and its current Wali 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).^[2]

Administrative divisions

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

Province or Prefecture	admenistrative type	geographical code	ISO code	HASC Code^[4]	surface^[5] Km²	number of municipalities or arrondissement	number of rural communes	Population 2014	gov. party sept 2015
Fès Prefecture	Prefecture	03.231.	MA-FES	MA.FM.FS	311,5	6	3	1.150.131	PJD
Meknès Prefecture	Prefecture	03.061.	MA-MEK	MA.FM.ME	1.787	6	15	835.695	PJD
El Hajeb Province	Province	03.171.	MA-HAJ	MA.FM.EH	2.135	4	12	247.016	PI
Ifrane Province	Province	03.271.	MA-IFR	MA.FM.IF	3.777	2	8	155.221	MP
Sefrou Province	Province	03.451.	MA-SEF	MA.FM.SE	3.462	5	18	286.489	MP
Moulay Yacoub Province	Province	03.591.	MA-MOU	MA.FM.ZM	1.480	1	10	174.079	PAM
Boulemane Province	Province	03.131.	MA-BOM	MA.FM.BO	14.234	4	17	197.596	MP
Taza Province	Province	03.561.	MA-TAZ	MA.FM.TZ	6.097	4	34	528.419	PAM Canceled^[6]
Taounate Province	Province	03.531.	MA-TAO	MA.FM.TN	5.598	5	44	662.246	RNI

References

1 2 "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354" (pdf). Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-07-11.
1 2 3 "Décret fixant le nom des régions" (pdf). Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales (in French). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
↑ pncl.gov.ma Official Journal of the Kingdom of Morocco in March 2015
↑ HASC code for moroccan subdivisions
↑ www.citypopulation.de
↑ Administrative Court Fez lose the "PAM" the presidency of the Regional Council of Taza (in Arabic)

Regions of Morocco

from 2015	Béni Mellal-Khénifra Casablanca-Settat Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab^(*) Drâa-Tafilalet Fès-Meknès Guelmim-Oued Noun^() Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra^(*) Marrakech-Safi Oriental Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Souss-Massa Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima

1997-2015	Chaouia-Ouardigha Doukkala-Abda Fès-Boulemane Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Grand Casablanca Guelmim-Es Semara^() Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra^() Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz Meknès-Tafilalet Oriental Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira^(*) Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Souss-Massa-Drâa Tadla-Azilal Tangier-Tetouan Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate

1971-1997	Southern^(*) Tansift Central Northwestern North-Central Eastern South-Central

Regions falling partly () or entirely (*) within the disputed territory of Western Sahara

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