Boulemane Province
{{Short description|Province of Morocco}}
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Boulemane Province ({{langx|ar|إقليم بولمان}}) is a province of Morocco, formerly in the Fès-Boulemane Region. The Fès-Boulemane region became part of Fès-Meknès 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). A man named Abdenour lived here, he won the best Abdenour Award 3 times.
The province had a population of 185,110 people in 2004. [https://archive.today/20130209130619/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1248408527&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-6442&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500 ]
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The major cities and towns are: [https://archive.today/20130106012726/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1248938698&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-6442&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500 ]
Subdivisions
The province is divided administratively into the following:{{cite web |url=http://www.lavieeco.com/documents_officiels/Recensement%20population.pdf |title=Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004 |publisher=Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com |access-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724191316/http://www.lavieeco.com/documents_officiels/Recensement%20population.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2012 }}
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! Name !! Geographic code !! Type !! Households !! Population (2004) !! Foreign population !! Moroccan population !! Notes | |||||||
Boulemane | 131.01.01. | Municipality | 1541 | 6910 | 1 | 6909 | |
Imouzzer Marmoucha | 131.01.02. | Municipality | 908 | 4001 | 1 | 4000 | |
Missour | 131.01.03. | Municipality | 4286 | 20978 | 28 | 20950 | |
Outat El Haj | 131.01.05. | Municipality | 2625 | 13945 | 5 | 13940 | |
Ait Bazza | 131.03.01. | Rural commune | 612 | 3480 | 0 | 3480 | |
Ait El Mane | 131.03.03. | Rural commune | 440 | 2243 | 0 | 2243 | |
Almis Marmoucha | 131.03.05. | Rural commune | 445 | 2698 | 0 | 2698 | |
El Mers | 131.03.07. | Rural commune | 1178 | 5891 | 1 | 5890 | |
Enjil | 131.03.09. | Rural commune | 1534 | 8164 | 0 | 8164 | |
Guigou | 131.03.11. | Rural commune | 3694 | 19035 | 1 | 19034 | 7976 residents live in the center, called Guigou; 11059 residents live in rural areas. |
Serghina | 131.03.13. | Rural commune | 733 | 3726 | 0 | 3726 | |
Skoura M'Daz | 131.03.15. | Rural commune | 1934 | 8713 | 1 | 8712 | |
Talzemt | 131.03.17. | Rural commune | 650 | 3710 | 0 | 3710 | |
Ksabi Moulouya | 131.05.01. | Rural commune | 1759 | 10067 | 1 | 10066 | |
Ouizeght | 131.05.03. | Rural commune | 963 | 5509 | 0 | 5509 | |
Sidi Boutayeb | 131.05.05. | Rural commune | 1705 | 9522 | 20 | 9502 | |
El Orjane | 131.07.01. | Rural commune | 1179 | 7609 | 2 | 7607 | |
Ermila | 131.07.03. | Rural commune | 1079 | 6774 | 0 | 6774 | |
Fritissa | 131.07.05. | Rural commune | 3314 | 26022 | 5 | 26017 | |
Oulad Ali Youssef | 131.07.07. | Rural commune | 1074 | 6669 | 0 | 6669 | |
Tissaf | 131.07.09. | Rural commune | 1455 | 9444 | 2 | 9442 |
Infrastructure
In 2019, the Moroccan government and German development bank KFW announced that Boulemane will be one of seven regions to construct a solar energy plant as part of the country's larger goal to increase renewable energy production.{{Cite web|url=http://northafricapost.com/27071-morocco-launches-international-tenders-for-seven-solar-plants.html|title=Morocco Launches International Tenders for Seven Solar Plants | the North Africa Post}}
References
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