Ouezzane is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in the
Moroccan region of
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima ( ar, طنجة - تطوان - الحسيمة, ṭanja - tiṭwān - al-ḥusayma; ber, ⵟⴰⵏⵊⴰ ⵜⵉⵟⵡⴰⵏ ⵍⵃⵓⵙⵉⵎⴰ, ṭanja tiṭwan lḥusima) is the northernmost of the twelve regions of ...
. It was created in 2009 from parts of
Chefchaouen Province and
Sidi Kacem Province, and recorded a population of 300,637 in the
2014 Moroccan census
The 2014 Moroccan census The moroccan census of the population, officially named general census of the population and the habitat (RGPH), is a census taking place every ten years in the kingdom. It is established under the responsibility of the Hig ...
.
Census 2014
The capital is Ouezzane.
Subdivisions
The province is divided administratively into the following municipalities and communes:
References
Ouezzane
Geography of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
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