Administrative divisions of Morocco

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco.[1] Each prefecture and province are subdivided into districts (cercles, sing. cercle), municipalities (communes, sing. commune) or urban municipalities (communes urbaines, sing. commune urbaine), and arrondissements in some metropolitan areas. The districts are subdivided into rural municipalities (communes rurales, sing. commune rural).

Note: The municipalities and arrondissements should probably be thought of as fourth-level subdivisions, on the same level as the rural municipalities.[2]

Moroccan administrative division

Current administrative divisions[1]

Mainland Morocco

Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region

Oriental Region

Fès-Meknès Region

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region

Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region

Casablanca-Settat Region

Marrakech-Safi Region

Drâa-Tafilalet Region

Souss-Massa Region

Western Sahara (most under de facto Moroccan administration)

Most of Western Sahara is administered by Morocco; the rest is administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The United Nations considers the territory to be disputed and several states recognize the SADR as the sole legitimate government of Western Sahara while others[who?] recognize it as a part of Morocco.[citation needed]

Guelmim-Oued Noun Region

Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Region

Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region

Administrative divisions before 2015

Mainland Morocco

Chaouia-Ouardigha Region

Greater Casablanca Region

Tadla-Azilal Region

Doukkala-Abda Region

Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region

Fès-Boulemane Region

Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Region

Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Region

Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region

Tangier-Tétouan Region

Oriental Region

Meknès-Tafilalet Region

Souss-Massa-Drâa Region

Western Sahara (most under de facto Moroccan administration)

Guelmim-Es Semara Region

Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra Region

Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira Region

Wilaya

In Morocco, a wilaya is an administrative division created since 1981 that "brings together many provinces or prefectures or both at the same time, and is intended to endow big urban units such as Casablanca with an administrative organization capable of meeting the needs that emerge from these expanding cities and their growing populations."[3] Therefore, strictly speaking, the level of wilayas are between the regions and prefectures/provinces (although wilayas only cover urban areas). However, they are often used synonymous with regions or prefectures/provinces in common usage.[4]

See also

References

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External links

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ HCP.ma List of districts and municipalities (communes) of Morocco by province/prefecture
  3. ↑ The Wilaya of Grand Casablanca
  4. ↑ Wilayas, Prefectures and Provinces
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