Regions of Morocco#1997 to 2010: Full unitary system
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{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Regions of Morocco
| alt_name = {{nobold|{{nativename|ar|جهات المغرب}}}}
| caption = Morocco provinces
| category = Unitary state
| territory = Kingdom of Morocco
| start_date =
| current_number = 12
| number_date =
| population_range = 142,955 (Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab) – 6,861,737 (Casablanca-Settat)
| area_range =
| government = Regional council
| subdivision = Provinces and prefectures
}}
File:Morocco Regions 2015 numbered.svg
File:Moroccan administrative division 2015.svg
Regions are currently the highest administrative divisions in Morocco. Since 2015, Morocco officially administers 12 regions, including one (Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab) that lies completely within the disputed territory of Western Sahara and two (Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Guelmim-Oued Noun) that lie partially within it. The regions are subdivided into a total of 75 second-level administrative divisions, which are prefectures and provinces.{{cite web|url=http://dcusa.themoroccanembassy.com/download%5Ceconomic%5CMoroccoinFigures2003_mars07.pdf|title=Morocco in Figures 2003: A document by the Moroccan Embassy in the USA|website=themoroccanembassy.com|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422205142/http://dcusa.themoroccanembassy.com/download/economic/MoroccoinFigures2003_mars07.pdf|archive-date=22 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}
A region is governed by a directly elected regional council. The president of the council is responsible for carrying out the council's decisions. Prior to the 2011 constitutional reforms, this was the responsibility of the Wali, the representative of the central government appointed by the King, who now plays a supporting role in the administration of the region.{{cite web |url=https://portal.cor.europa.eu/arlem/Documents/Morocco%20-%20Fact%20Sheet%20No%201%20FR_8%20May%202014.pdf |title=Maroc: Fiche technique |language=fr |publisher=ARLEM |year=2014 |access-date=23 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024091449/https://portal.cor.europa.eu/arlem/Documents/Morocco%20-%20Fact%20Sheet%20No%201%20FR_8%20May%202014.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
Regions since 2015
On 3 January 2010, the Moroccan government established the Consultative Commission for the Regionalization (CCR), which aimed to decentralize power to the regions, and confer greater autonomy to the regions coinciding with the Western Sahara. The commission published provisional names and numbers for the new regions,{{cite web|url=http://www.regionalisationavancee.ma/PagesmFr.aspx?id=54|title=Moroccan Government website concerning the regionalization|website=regionalisationavancee.ma|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211213637/http://www.regionalisationavancee.ma/PagesmFr.aspx?id=54|archive-date=11 December 2017|df=dmy-all}} and their names were officially fixed in the Bulletin Officiel dated 5 March 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf |title=Décret fixant le nom des régions |access-date=2015-07-11 |work=Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }} The new regional councils elected their presidents on 14 September 2015{{cite press release |date=14 September 2015 |title=Ministère de l'Intérieur : l'élection des présidents des Conseils des régions s'est déroulée dans de bonnes conditions et dans un climat de transparence |trans-title=Ministry of the Interior: the regional council presidential elections took place under good conditions and in an air of transparency |url=http://www.maroc.ma/fr/actualites/ministre-de-linterieur-lelection-des-presidents-des-conseils-des-regions-sest-deroulee |language=fr |publisher=Maghreb Arabe Press |access-date=11 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115738/http://www.maroc.ma/fr/actualites/ministre-de-linterieur-lelection-des-presidents-des-conseils-des-regions-sest-deroulee |archive-date=22 December 2015 |df=dmy-all }} and regional governors were appointed on 13 October 2015.{{cite news |date=14 October 2015 |title=SM le Roi a procédé à la nomination les Walis des régions |trans-title=HM the King appointed the Walis of the regions |url=http://www.lavieeco.com/news/actualite-maroc/sm-le-roi-a-procede-a-la-nomination-les-walis-des-regions-35593.html |language=fr |newspaper=La Vie Éco |access-date=13 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092322/http://lavieeco.com/news/actualite-maroc/sm-le-roi-a-procede-a-la-nomination-les-walis-des-regions-35593.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
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! style="text-align:left;width:100px" | Map ! style="text-align:left;width:200px" | Region ! style="text-align:left;width:150px" | Capital ! style="text-align:left;width:150px" | Population (2014){{cite web |url=http://rgph2014.hcp.ma/file/166326/ |title=POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014 |language=ar, fr |publisher=High Commission for Planning |date=8 April 2015 |access-date=29 September 2017}} ! style="text-align:left;width:150px". | Population (2024) |
| 1 {{!!}} Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima {{!!}} 20x20px Tangier {{!!}} 3,556,729 {{!!}} 4,030,222 |
| 2 {{!!}} L'Oriental {{!!}} 20x20px Oujda {{!!}} 2,314,346 {{!!}} 2,294,665 |
| 3 {{!!}} Fez-Meknes {{!!}} 20x20px Fez {{!!}} 4,236,892
{{!!}} 4,467,911 |
| 4 {{!!}} 20x20px Rabat-Salé-Kénitra {{!!}} Rabat {{!!}} 4,580,866 {{!!}} 5,132,639 |
| 5 {{!!}} 20x20px Béni Mellal-Khénifra {{!!}} Beni Mellal {{!!}} 2,520,776 {{!!}} 2,525,801 |
| 6 {{!!}} Casablanca-Settat {{!!}} 20x20px Casablanca {{!!}} 6,861,739 {{!!}} 7,688,967 |
| 7 {{!!}} 20x20px Marrakech-Safi {{!!}} 20x20px Marrakesh {{!!}} 4,520,569 {{!!}} 4,892,393 |
| 8 {{!!}} Drâa-Tafilalet {{!!}}Errachidia {{!!}} 1,635,008 {{!!}} 1,655,623 |
| 9 {{!!}} 20x20px Souss-Massa {{!!}} 20x20px Agadir {{!!}} 2,676,847 {{!!}} 3,020,431 |
| 10 {{!!}} Guelmim-Oued Noun{{Ref label|note01|A|^}} {{!!}} Guelmim {{!!}} 433,757 {{!!}} 448,685 |
| 11 {{!!}} 20x20px Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra{{Ref label|note01|A|^}} {{!!}} Laayoun {{!!}} 367,758 {{!!}} 451,028 |
| 12 {{!!}} Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab{{Ref label|note01|A|^}} {{!!}} Dakhla {{!!}} 142,955 {{!!}} 219,965 |
A.{{note label|note01|A|^}}Lies partially or completely within the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
{{multiple image
| width = 220
| align = center
| footer = The different regional configurations proposed in 2010
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| image1 = Morocco_Regions_2011_Proposition1_Numbered_Rel1.svg
| alt1 = Main proposal
| caption1 = Main proposal
| image2 = Morocco Regions 2011 Proposition2 Midelt Rel1.svg
| alt2 = Alternative proposal with Midelt Province in Fès-Meknès (3) instead of Béni Mellal-Khénifra (5)
| caption2 = Alternative proposal with
Midelt Province in Fès-Meknès (3) instead of Béni Mellal-Khénifra (5)
| image3 = Morocco Regions 2011 Proposition3 Figuig.svg
| alt3 = Alternative proposal with Figuig Province in Oriental (2) instead of Drâa-Tafilalet (8)
| caption3 = Alternative proposal with
Figuig Province in Oriental (2) instead of Drâa-Tafilalet (8)
}}
1997 to 2015: Full unitary system
File:Morocco Regions 97-11 numbered.svg (1997–2015)]]
The entirety of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira (1), the vast majority of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra (2), and part of Guelmim-Es Semara (3) were situated within the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The sovereignty of Western Sahara is disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front which claims the territory as the independent Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Most of the region is administered by Morocco as its Southern Provinces. The Polisario Front, based in headquarters at Tindouf in south western Algeria, controls only those areas east of the Moroccan Wall.
Regions before 1997
Before 1997, Morocco was divided into seven regions: Central, Eastern, North-Central, Northwestern, South-Central, Southern, and Tansift.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/uma.html|title=Morocco Regions|website=www.statoids.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010154745/http://www.statoids.com/uma.html|archive-date=10 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}
See also
- ISO 3166-2:EH
- ISO 3166-2:MA (2004)
References
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External links
- [http://www.tiznit.org/Morocco/Administrative_divisions_Morocco.htm Administrative divisions of Morocco]
{{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries}}
{{Regions of Morocco}}
Category:Government of Morocco