Meknès-Tafilalt (
Arabic
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: (''Meknes-Tafilelt'')) was one of the sixteen former
regions
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of
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
that existed from 1997 to 2015.
It was situated in north-central Morocco, bordering
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
. It covered an area of 79,210 km² and record a population of 2,316,865 in the 2014 census.
The capital was
Meknes
Meknes (, ) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravid dynasty, Almoravids as a military settlement, Mekne ...
.
Administrative divisions
The region was subdivided into the following prefectures and provinces:
* Prefecture of
Meknès (now part of the
Fès-Meknès Region)
*
El Hajeb Province (now part of the
Fès-Meknès Region)
*
Errachidia Province (now part of the
Drâa-Tafilalet Region)
*
Ifrane Province (now part of the
Fès-Meknès Region)
*
Khénifra Province
Khénifra () is a province in the Morocco, Moroccan region of Béni Mellal-Khénifra. was 511,53
The major cities and towns are* Aguelmous
* Aït Ishaq
* Amalou Ighriben
* El Kbab
* Had Bouhssoussen
* Kehf Nsour
* Kerrouchen
* Khenifra
* Moulay Bo ...
(now part of the
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Béni Mellal-Khénifra () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco, covering an area of 28,374 km2, and recorded a population of 2,520,776 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Beni Mellal.
Geography
Béni Mellal-Khéni ...
Region)
*
Midelt Province (now part of the
Drâa-Tafilalet Region)
References
External links
Former regions of Morocco
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