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Meknès Tafilalet

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Country
  
Morocco

Abolished
  
September 2015

Time zone
  
WET (UTC+0)

Established
  
March 1997

Capital
  
Meknès

Area
  
79,210 km²

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Points of interest
  
Ifrane National Park, Bou Inania Madrasa, Atlas Mountains, Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, Bab Mansour

Destinations
  
Merzouga, Meknes, Ifrane, Errachidia, Erfoud

Meknès-Tafilalt (Arabic: مكناس تافيلالت (Meknes-Tafilelt), Berber: Meknas-Tafilalt) was one of the sixteen former regions of Morocco that existed from 1997 to 2015. 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. The capital was Meknes.

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Map of Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco

Administrative divisions

The region was subdivided into the following prefectures and provinces:

  • 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

    Meknès-Tafilalet Wikipedia
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