Fès-Meknès

Fez-Meknes

جهة فاس مكناس (Arabic)
Fez-Meknes جهة فاس مكناس (Arabic)
Region
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	Location in Morocco
	Coordinates: 34°02′N 5°0′W / 34.033°N 5.000°W
Country	Morocco
Capital	Fez
Government
• President	Abdelouhed El Ansari
• Wali (governor)	Said Zniber
Population (2014 census)
• Total	4,236,892
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
ISO 3166 code	MA-03

Fès-Meknès or Fez-Meknes (Arabic: فاس-مكناس, romanized: fās maknās) is among the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,236,892 (2014 census).^[1] Its capital is Fez.^[2] Its current president is Mohand Laenser, and its current wali (governor) is Said Zniber.^{[citation needed]}

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	administrative 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

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