Taounate (Arabic: تاونات) is a province in the Fès-Meknès region. It is situated in northern Morocco, north-east of Fes. It had a population of 668,232 in the 2004 Census.[1]
Largest towns
edit- Taounate (32,380 inhabitants)
- Bouhouda (26,124)
- Tamedit (21,453)
- Mkansa (22,705)
- Aïn Aïcha (22,575)
- Galaz (18,471)
- Ghouazi (18,779)
- Sidi M'Hamed Ben Lahcen (18,990)
- Jbabra (19,076)
- Bouarouss (18,495)
- Moulay Bouchta (16,602)
- Aïn Médiouna (16,410)
- Ras el Oued (15,949)
- Bouchabel (16,652)
- Loulja (16,515)
- Ourtzagh (15,216)
- Broumiyene
- Beni Kourrab
- Bou Adel
- Ain Mlallou
- Ain Jnane
Subdivisions
editThe province is divided administratively into the following:[1]
| Name | Geographic code | Type | Households | Population (2004) | Foreign population | Moroccan population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghafsai | 531.01.01. | Municipality | 1209 | 5492 | 8 | 5484 | |
| Karia Ba Mohamed | 531.01.03. | Municipality | 3271 | 16712 | 22 | 16690 | |
| Taounate | 531.01.05. | Municipality | 6499 | 32380 | 8 | 32372 | |
| Thar Es-Souk | 531.01.07. | Municipality | 733 | 3792 | 0 | 3792 | |
| Tissa | 531.01.09. | Municipality | 1824 | 9566 | 1 | 9565 | |
| El Bibane | 531.03.01. | Rural commune | 1377 | 6593 | 0 | 6593 | |
| Galaz | 531.03.03. | Rural commune | 3636 | 18471 | 0 | 18471 | |
| Kissane | 531.03.05. | Rural commune | 2620 | 13712 | 0 | 13712 | |
| Oudka | 531.03.07. | Rural commune | 1601 | 8392 | 0 | 8392 | |
| Ourtzagh | 531.03.09. | Rural commune | 2935 | 15216 | 0 | 15216 | |
| Ratba | 531.03.11. | Rural commune | 2950 | 15744 | 1 | 15743 | |
| Sidi Haj M'Hamed | 531.03.13. | Rural commune | 1425 | 8649 | 0 | 8649 | |
| Sidi Mokhfi | 531.03.15. | Rural commune | 1522 | 8297 | 0 | 8297 | |
| Sidi Yahya Bni Zeroual | 531.03.17. | Rural commune | 2616 | 14930 | 0 | 14930 | |
| Tabouda | 531.03.19. | Rural commune | 2747 | 15644 | 0 | 15644 | |
| Tafrant | 531.03.21. | Rural commune | 2494 | 13622 | 0 | 13622 | |
| Timezgana | 531.03.23. | Rural commune | 2677 | 15085 | 0 | 15085 | |
| Bni Snous | 531.05.01. | Rural commune | 1430 | 9002 | 0 | 9002 | |
| Bouchabel | 531.05.03. | Rural commune | 2549 | 16652 | 0 | 16652 | |
| Ghouazi | 531.05.05. | Rural commune | 2993 | 18779 | 1 | 18778 | |
| Jbabra | 531.05.07. | Rural commune | 2831 | 19076 | 0 | 19076 | |
| Loulja | 531.05.09. | Rural commune | 2409 | 16515 | 0 | 16515 | |
| Mkansa | 531.05.11. | Rural commune | 3495 | 22705 | 0 | 22705 | |
| Moulay Abdelkrim | 531.05.13. | Rural commune | 1418 | 8282 | 1 | 8281 | |
| Moulay Bouchta | 531.05.15. | Rural commune | 2913 | 16602 | 0 | 16602 | |
| Sidi El Abed | 531.05.17. | Rural commune | 2034 | 13567 | 0 | 13567 | |
| Ain Mediouna | 531.07.01. | Rural commune | 2950 | 16410 | 2 | 16408 | |
| Bni Oulid | 531.07.03. | Rural commune | 2089 | 11775 | 3 | 11772 | |
| Bni Ounjel Tafraout | 531.07.05. | Rural commune | 1352 | 8421 | 0 | 8421 | |
| Bouadel | 531.07.07. | Rural commune | 2377 | 13691 | 0 | 13691 | |
| Bouhouda | 531.07.09. | Rural commune | 4257 | 26124 | 0 | 26124 | |
| Fennassa Bab El Hit | 531.07.11. | Rural commune | 2108 | 12764 | 1 | 12763 | |
| Khlalfa | 531.07.13. | Rural commune | 2288 | 12939 | 0 | 12939 | |
| Mezraoua | 531.07.15. | Rural commune | 1661 | 9883 | 0 | 9883 | |
| Rghioua | 531.07.17. | Rural commune | 1032 | 4802 | 1 | 4801 | |
| Tamedit | 531.07.19. | Rural commune | 3492 | 21453 | 0 | 21453 | |
| Zrizer | 531.07.21. | Rural commune | 1500 | 7934 | 0 | 7934 | |
| Ain Aicha | 531.09.01. | Rural commune | 3544 | 22575 | 1 | 22574 | |
| Ain Legdah | 531.09.03. | Rural commune | 1907 | 12196 | 2 | 12194 | |
| Ain Maatouf | 531.09.05. | Rural commune | 1775 | 11165 | 0 | 11165 | |
| Bouarouss | 531.09.07. | Rural commune | 2855 | 18495 | 0 | 18495 | |
| El Bsabsa | 531.09.09. | Rural commune | 1209 | 7997 | 0 | 7997 | |
| Messassa | 531.09.11. | Rural commune | 1476 | 9497 | 0 | 9497 | |
| Oued Jemaa | 531.09.13. | Rural commune | 1534 | 9983 | 0 | 9983 | |
| Oulad Ayyad | 531.09.15. | Rural commune | 1386 | 8896 | 0 | 8896 | |
| Oulad Daoud | 531.09.17. | Rural commune | 1970 | 12271 | 0 | 12271 | |
| Outabouabane | 531.09.19. | Rural commune | 1490 | 10545 | 0 | 10545 | |
| Ras El Oued | 531.09.21. | Rural commune | 2438 | 18639 | 0 | 18639 | |
| Sidi M'Hamed Ben Lahcen | 531.09.23. | Rural commune | 2809 | 18990 | 0 | 18990 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
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