Fès-Meknès


Fès-Meknès is among the twelve Regions of Morocco. It has a population of 4,236,892. Its capital is Fez. Its current president is Mohand Laenser, and its current wali is Said Zniber.

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 and the provinces of Taounate and Taza.

Administrative divisions

The region of Fès-Meknes contains 7 provinces and 2 prefectures:
Province
or Prefecture
administrative
type
geographical
code
HASC Codesurface
Km²
number of municipalities
or arrondissement
number of rural communesPopulation
2014
gov. party
sept 2015
Fès 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