Fès-Boulemane () was formerly one of the sixteen

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in an agricultural region of northern Morocco, and borders

Rif Mountains The Rif (, ), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. It is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and Spain and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the homeland of the Rifians and the Jebala people. ...

to the north. It covered an area of 19,795 km² and had a population of 1,808,295 (2014 census). The capital was

Fès Fez () or Fes (; ) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according to the 2024 census. Located to the nort ...

. In 2015, it expanded

Taounate Taounate () is a town in northern Morocco, and is the capital of Taounate Province. The town had 37,616 inhabitants as of the 2014 Moroccan census. Geography Taounate is located in the southern Rif Mountains, and the river Oued Sra and gorges a ...

and

Taza Taza () is a city in northern Morocco occupying the corridor between the Rif mountains and Middle Atlas mountains, about 120 km east of Fez and 150 km south of Al Hoceima. It recorded a population of 148,406 in the 2019 Moroccan ...

Provinces (formerly from the

Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate () was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in northern Morocco. It covered an area of 24,155 km² and had a population of 1,807,036 (2014 census). The capital was Al Hoceima. I ...

Region); and

Meknès Prefecture Meknès Prefecture is a prefecture in the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlanti ...

and El Hajeb and Ifrane Provinces (formerly from the

Meknès-Tafilalet Meknès-Tafilalt (Arabic: (''Meknes-Tafilelt'')) 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 pop ...

Region) to form the Region of Fès-Meknès.

Administrative divisions

The region was made up of the following provinces and prefectures : * Prefecture of Fès-Dar-Dbibegh * Moulay Yacoub Province * Sefrou Province *

Boulemane Province Boulemane Province () is a province of Morocco, formerly in the Fès-Boulemane Region. The Fès-Boulemane region became part of Fès-Meknès September 2015 by merging Fès-Boulemane with the prefecture of Meknès and the provinces of El Hajeb and ...

Subdivisions

References

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