Prefectures and provinces of Morocco


The 12 Regions of Morocco are subdivided into 75 second-level administrative subdivisions, the Prefectures and provinces. There are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. Each prefecture or province is subdivided into arrondissements, municipalities or urban municipalities in other urban areas, and districts in rural areas. The districts are subdivided into rural municipalities. One prefecture is also subdivided into préfectures d'arrondissements, similar to districts except they are grouping a few arrondissements instead of rural municipalities.
Note: The arrondissements and municipalities should probably be thought of as fourth-level subdivisions, on the same level as the rural municipalities, but they are not part of any district.

List of prefectures and provinces

Mainland Morocco

Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima Region">Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima">Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima Region

Oriental Region">Oriental (Morocco)">Oriental Region

Fez-Meknes Region">Fez-Meknes">Fez-Meknes Region

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region">Rabat-Salé-Kénitra">Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region

Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region">Béni Mellal-Khénifra">Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region

Casablanca-Settat Region">Casablanca-Settat">Casablanca-Settat Region

Marrakesh-Safi Region">Marrakesh-Safi">Marrakesh-Safi Region

Drâa-Tafilalet Region">Drâa-Tafilalet">Drâa-Tafilalet Region

Souss-Massa Region">Souss-Massa">Souss-Massa Region

Western Sahara (most under ''[de facto]'' Moroccan administration)

Most of Western Sahara is administered de facto by Morocco ; the rest is administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
The United Nations considers the territory to be disputed, as it was not legally transferred by Spain when it abandoned its former colony in 1975, and several states either recognize the SADR as the sole legitimate government of Western Sahara, or consider that the status of the region has still not been autodetermined by the local population prior to its annexation. The United Nations has no legal instruments confirming the claims on the region made by the governments of Morocco or the self-proclaimed SADR, and in international treaties, it is still a formal part of Spain that remains to be properly decolonized, even though Spain and Mauritania no longer claim any part of it.
Since the annexation, the situation is worsened by the fact that most of the historic Western Saharan population has fled either to the remaining free zone or to refugee camps in neighbouring countries, due to lack of resources in the free zone. The remaining native Western Saharan population now lives as a minority among the new Moroccan occupants. The absence of a legal government with a permanent administration in the free zone has also introduced a threat to the security of the surrounding countries in the Saharan and Sahel regions, including Morocco itself.

''Guelmim-Oued Noun Region">Guelmim-Oued Noun">Guelmim-Oued Noun Region''

''Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Region">Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra">Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Region''

''Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region">Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab">Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region''

Before 2015

Mainland Morocco

Chaouia-Ouardigha Region">Chaouia-Ouardigha">Chaouia-Ouardigha Region

Greater [Casablanca Region">Greater Casablanca">Greater [Casablanca Region]

Tadla-Azilal Region">Tadla-Azilal">Tadla-Azilal Region

Doukkala-Abda Region">Doukkala-Abda">Doukkala-Abda Region

Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz Region">Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz">Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz Region

Fès-Boulemane Region">Fès-Boulemane">Fès-Boulemane Region

Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Region">Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate">Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Region

Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region">Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen">Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region

Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region">Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer">Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region

Tangier-Tétouan Region">Tangier-Tétouan">Tangier-Tétouan Region

Oriental Region">Oriental (Morocco)">Oriental Region

Meknès-Tafilalet Region">Meknès-Tafilalet">Meknès-Tafilalet Region

Souss-Massa-Drâa Region">Souss-Massa-Drâa">Souss-Massa-Drâa Region

Moroccan Sahara (most under ''[de facto]'' Moroccan administration)

''Guelmim-Es Semara Region">Guelmim-Es Semara">Guelmim-Es Semara Region''

''Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra Region">Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra">Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra Region''

''Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira Region">Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira">Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira Region''