Sidi Slimane Province ( ar, إقليم سيدي سليمان) is a province of Morocco in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra economic region. It covers an area of and its population in the 2004 census was 292,877. citing the ''Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb'' newspaper's report of a Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen regional governance meeting. The province was created in 2009 by Decree number 2-09-319, out of the southwestern part of Kénitra Province. The province has two major urban areas: Sidi Slimane and Sidi Yahya. Sidi Slimane is the administrative headquarters.
Geography
Sidi Slimane Province lies in northern Morocco and has no coastline. It is bordered:
:to the north and east by
Sidi Kacem Province
Sidi Kacem is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. The capital is Sidi Kacem. Its population in 2004 was 692,23and it recorded a population of 522,270 in the 2014 Moroccan census.Meknès Prefecture of the Fès-Meknès region;
:to the south by
Khémisset Province
Khémisset is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. Its population in 2004 is 521,81This town was founded in 1924 on the site of a military outpost on the road from Rabat to Fes now a provincial capital Khemisset is a ...
of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra;
:to the west by Kénitra Province of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
Subdivisions
Sidi Slimane Province is divided into two municipalities, Sidi Slimane and Sidi Yahya, and nine rural communities. The nine rural communities are organized into four chieftaincies:
* Boumaiz Chieftaincy with
Boumaiz
Boumaiz is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Medi ...
(بومعيز) and
Awlad Ben Hammadi
Oulad Ben Hammadi is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco. citing the ''Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb'' newspaper's report of a Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen regional governance meeting. At the tim ...
(اولاد بن حمادي)
* Dar Bel Amri Chieftaincy with
Dar Bel Amri
Dar Bel Amri is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the ...
(دار بلعامري) and
Azghar
Azghar is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Medit ...
(أزغار)
* Kceibya Chieftaincy with
Kceibya
Kceibya is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco. citing the ''Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb'' newspaper's report of a Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen regional governance meeting. At the time of the ...
(القصيبية) and
Sfafaa
Sfafaa is a village and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region of Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overloo ...
(السفافعة)
* M’saada Chieftaincy with
M’saada
M'Saada is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Medi ...
(لمساعدة) and
Awlad Ahcene
Oulad H'Cine is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco. citing the ''Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb'' newspaper's report of a Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen regional governance meeting. At the time of ...