Meknès-Tafilalet

Meknès-Tafilalet

Meknas-Tafilalt
مكناس تافيلالت
Meknès-Tafilalet Meknas-Tafilalt ; مكناس تافيلالت
Region
	Mosaic fountain, Meknes
	Location in Morocco
	Coordinates: 33°53′N 5°33′W / 33.883°N 5.550°W
Country	Morocco
Established	March 1997
Abolished	September 2015
Capital	Meknès
Area
• Total	79,210 km2 (30,580 sq mi)
Population (2014 census)
• Total	2,316,865
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Meknès-Tafilalt (Arabic: مكناس تافيلالت (Meknes-Tafilelt)) was one of the sixteen former regions of Morocco that existed from 1997 to 2015.^[1] It was situated in north-central Morocco, bordering Algeria. It covered an area of 79,210 km² and record a population of 2,316,865 in the 2014 census.^[2] The capital was Meknes.

Administrative divisions

The region was subdivided into the following prefectures and provinces:^[3]

Prefecture of Meknès (now part of the Fès-Meknès Region)
El Hajeb Province (now part of the Fès-Meknès Region)
Errachidia Province (now part of the Drâa-Tafilalet Region)
Ifrane Province (now part of the Fès-Meknès Region)
Khénifra Province (now part of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region)
Midelt Province (now part of the Drâa-Tafilalet Region)

References

^ Law, Gwillim. "Regions of Morocco". Statoids. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ Royaume du Maroc (18 June 2009). "Bulletin Officiel № 5744" (PDF) (in French). p. 1018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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[statoids-1] Law, Gwillim. "Regions of Morocco". Statoids. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[Pop-2] "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

[3] Royaume du Maroc (18 June 2009). "Bulletin Officiel № 5744" (PDF) (in French). p. 1018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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v t e Regions of Morocco
from 2015	Béni Mellal-Khénifra Casablanca-Settat Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab^(*) Drâa-Tafilalet Fès-Meknès Guelmim-Oued Noun^() Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra^(*) Marrakech-Safi Oriental Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Souss-Massa Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
1997–2015	Chaouia-Ouardigha Doukkala-Abda Fès-Boulemane Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Grand Casablanca Guelmim-Es Semara^() Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra^() Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz Meknès-Tafilalet Oriental Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira^(*) Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Souss-Massa-Drâa Tadla-Azilal Tangier-Tetouan Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate
1971–1997	Southern^(*) Tansift Central Northwestern North-Central Eastern South-Central
Regions falling partly () or entirely (*) within the disputed territory of Western Sahara