The Figuig Province (
Arabic
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: إقليم فكيك) is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
in the
Oriental Region
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. Its capital is
Bouarfa. It recorded a population of 138,325 in the
2014 Moroccan census,
[ up from 129,430 in 2004.
The major cities and towns are:]
* Bni Tadjite
Bni Tadjite is a rural commune and town in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to t ...
* Bouanane
Bouanane is a town and rural commune in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the ...
* Bouarfa
* Figuig
Figuig or Figig ( ar, فجيج; Figuig Berber: Ifeyyey) is an oasis town in eastern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, on the border with Algeria.
The town is built around an oasis of date palms, called ''Tazdayt'', meaning "palm tree" in the B ...
* Talssint
Talsint is a town and rural commune in Figuig Province, Oriental (Morocco), Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 7,098.
Talsint enjoyed huge media coverage in Morocco, when on 20 August 2000, King Mohammed VI of ...
* Tendrara
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Figuig
Figuig or Figig ( ar, فجيج; Figuig Berber: Ifeyyey) is an oasis town in eastern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, on the border with Algeria.
The town is built around an oasis of date palms, called ''Tazdayt'', meaning "palm tree" in the B ...
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