Béni-Mellal is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

in the Moroccan region of

Béni Mellal-Khénifra Béni Mellal-Khénifra ( ar, بني ملال - خنيفرة, banī mallāl - ḵunayfira; ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ - ⵅⵏⵉⴼⵕⴰ, ayt mllal - xnifṛa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 28,374 km2 ...

. Its population in 2004 was 946,018

Geography

Béni Mellal Province is located in the

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with a plateau situated 400 to 600 meters above sea level, as well as mountains rising to 2,460 meters (Mount Ighnayen) and 2,240 meters ( Mount Tassemit). The high mountains are covered with snow from November to April. Beni Mellal Province has a continental climate with rainfall varying between 350 and 650 mm depending on the year. November is the rainiest month, with almost 25% of the annual precipitation. Snow is not uncommon on the plateau in winter. Extreme temperatures on the plateau range from a -6 °C in January 2005 to a 47 °C in July 2007. The summer is normally very hot because of the burning easterly or southeasterly winds, known as ''chergui'', which blow off the

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and raise the temperature above 40 °C. The heat waves sometimes end in violent thunderstorms.

Settlements

The major cities and towns are

* Aghbala *

Beni Mellal Beni Mellal ( ar, بني ملال}, ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ, Ayt Mellal) is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbe ...

El Ksiba El Ksiba is a small town in Béni-Mellal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Béni Mellal-Khénifra ( ar, بني ملال - خنيفرة, banī mallāl - ḵunayfira; ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ - ⵅⵏⵉⴼⵕⴰ, ayt mllal - xnifṛa) is on ...

* Kasba Tadla *

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Oulad Yaich Oulad Yaich is a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to t ...

* Sidi Jaber * Zaouiat Cheikh Other towns and settlements include: * Tartemat

Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:

References

Béni-Mellal Province {{BéniMellalKhénifra-geo-stub