Taounate () is a

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

in the

Fès-Meknès Fez-Meknes () is among the twelve Regions of Morocco Regions are currently the highest administrative divisions in Morocco. Since 2015, Morocco officially administers 12 regions, including one (Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab) that lies completely wi ...

region. It is situated in northern

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 ...

, north-east of Fes. It had a population of 668,232 in the 2004 Census.

Largest towns

Taounate Taounate () is a town in northern Morocco, and is the capital of Taounate Province. The town had 37,616 inhabitants as of the 2014 Moroccan census. Geography Taounate is located in the southern Rif Mountains, and the river Oued Sra and gorges a ...

(32,380 inhabitants) * Bouhouda (26,124) * Tamedit (21,453) * Mkansa (22,705) *

Aïn Aïcha Aïn Aïcha is a town in Taounate Province, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, 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 A ...

(22,575) * Galaz (18,471) * Ghouazi (18,779) * Sidi M'Hamed Ben Lahcen (18,990) * Jbabra (19,076) * Bouarouss (18,495) * Moulay Bouchta (16,602) * Aïn Médiouna (16,410) * Ras el Oued (15,949) * Bouchabel (16,652) * Loulja (16,515) * Ourtzagh (15,216) * Broumiyene * Beni Kourrab * Bou Adel * Ain Mlallou * Ain Jnane

Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:

References

Taounate Province {{FèsMeknès-geo-stub