Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ( ar, الرباط-سلا-القنيطرة, ar-ribāṭ salā al-qunayṭira; ber, ⴻⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ-ⵙⵍⴰ-ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, eṛṛbaṭ sla qniṭra) is one of the twelve administrative regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-western

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 ...

and has a population of 4,580,866 (2014 census). The capital is

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

History

Rabat-Salé-Kenitra was formed in September 2015 by merging

Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër (; ar, الرباط سلا زمور زعير, , Berber: ''Errbaṭ-Sla-Zemmur-Zɛir'') was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in north-western Morocco. It covered an area o ...

with the region of

Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen ( ar, الغرب شراردة بني حسين) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in north-western Morocco, covers an area of and has a population of 1,904,112 (2014 ce ...

Administrative divisions

The region is made up into the following provinces and prefectures: Région de Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

* Rabat Prefecture * Salé Prefecture *

Skhirate-Témara Prefecture Skhirate-Témara is a prefecture of Morocco in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region. The prefecture capital is the city of Temara Temara ( ar, تمارة; ber, ⵜⵎⴰⵔⴰ) is a coastal city in Morocco.Location information. It is located in th ...

Kénitra Province Kenitra Province ( ar, إقليم القنيطرة) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. Its population in 2014 is 1,067,435. It covers 3,052 square kilometers. The major cities and towns are: * Arbaoua * Kenitr ...

Sidi Kacem Province Sidi Kacem is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. The capital is Sidi Kacem. Its population in 2004 was 692,23and it recorded a population of 522,270 in the 2014 Moroccan census.Sidi Slimane Province Sidi Slimane Province ( ar, إقليم سيدي سليمان) is a province of Morocco in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra economic region. It covers an area of and its population in the 2004 census was 292,877. citing the ''Le Matin du Sahara et du Magh ...

* Khemisset Province

References

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