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List of cities with 50,000 or more inhabitants. Royal Palace in Fes, the second largest city in Morocco and one of the country's "Imperial Cities". Tangier 's bay. The 12th-century Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakesh. Salé, the fifth largest city in the country. Bab Mansour and El Hedime Place in Meknes.
This is a list of municipalities (urban or rural communes), and arrondissements of Morocco, based on the 2004 census.. In 2009 a new administrative division of Morocco was adopted, creating 13 new provinces: Berrechid, Driouch, Fquih Ben Salah, Guercif, Midelt, Ouezzane, Rehamna, Sidi Bennour, Sidi Ifni, Sidi Slimane, Tarfaya, Tinghir and Youssoufia.
Morocco, [ d ] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [ e ] is a 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 the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
e. In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco. [1] Each prefecture or province is subdivided into arrondissements (only in prefectures of some metropolitan areas), municipalities (communes, sing. commune) or urban municipalities (communes ...
Morocco borders the North Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the western Mediterranean Sea to the north, and has borders with Algeria and disputed Western Sahara. The terrain of Morocco is largely mountainous. The Atlas Mountains stretch from the central north to the southwest. It expands to about 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) and is the dorsal spine ...
Rabat is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg, opposite Salé, the city's main commuter town. Rabat was founded in the 12th century by the Almohads. After a period of growth, the city fell into a long period of decline. In the 17th century, Rabat became a haven for Barbary pirates.
Rank City Population (2014 census) Region 1: Casablanca: 3,359,818: Casablanca-Settat: 2: Fez: 1,112,072: Fès-Meknès: 3: Tangier: 947,952: Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Marrakesh or Marrakech (/ məˈrækɛʃ / or / ˌmærəˈkɛʃ /; [ 3 ] Arabic: مراكش, romanized:murrākuš, pronounced [murraːkuʃ]) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. [ 2 ] It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.