Fez-Meknes


Fez-Meknes is among the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,467,911. Its capital is Fez. Its current president is Abdelouhed El Ansari, and its current wali is Mouaad Jamai.

History

Fez-Meknes was formed in September 2015 by merging Fès-Boulemane with the prefecture of Meknès and the provinces of El Hajeb and Ifrane and the provinces of Taounate and Taza.

Administrative divisions

The region of Fez-Meknes contains 7 provinces and 2 prefectures:
Province
or Prefecture
Administrative
type
Geographical
code
ISO codeHASC CodeSurfacekm2Number of municipalities
or arrondissement
Number of rural communesPopulation
2014
Gov. party
sept 2015
Fez PrefecturePrefectureMA-FESMA.FM.FS311.5631.150.131PJD
Meknès PrefecturePrefectureMA-MEKMA.FM.ME1,787615835.695PJD
El Hajeb ProvinceProvinceMA-HAJMA.FM.EH2,135412247.016PI
Ifrane ProvinceProvinceMA-IFRMA.FM.IF3,77728155.221MP
Sefrou ProvinceProvinceMA-SEFMA.FM.SE3,462518286.489MP
Moulay Yacoub ProvinceProvinceMA-MOUMA.FM.ZM1,480110174.079PAM
Boulemane ProvinceProvinceMA-BOMMA.FM.BO14,234417197.596MP
Taza ProvinceProvinceMA-TAZMA.FM.TZ6,097434528.419PAM Canceled
Taounate ProvinceProvinceMA-TAOMA.FM.TN5,598544662.246RNI