Tangier-Tetouan

Tangier-Tetouan طنجة تطوان Tanjah-Tituwahn ⵜⴰⵏⵊⴰ-ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ Tanja-Tiṭṭawin
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Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 35°46′N 5°48′W / 35.767°N 5.800°WCoordinates: 35°46′N 5°48′W / 35.767°N 5.800°W
Country	Morocco
Created	1997
Abolished	September 2015
Capital	Tangier
Government
• Wali	Mohamed Hassad (Tanger-Tétouan) Mohamed Yaakoubi (Tétouan)
Area
• Total	11,570 km^2 (4,470 sq mi)
Population (2014 census)
• Total	3,157,075
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)

Tangier-Tetouan (Berber: Tanja-Tiṭṭawin, ⵜⴰⵏⵊⴰ-ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ; Arabic: طنجة تطوان‎) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 11,570 km²^[1] and had a population of 3,157,075.^[2] The capital was Tangier. In 2015, it expanded Al Hoceima Province (formerly from the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Region) to form the Region of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima.

Geography

Moroccan Mediterranean Coast (West Side) - Air Photo form Bades over El Jebha to Tétouan with Rif mountains, Tangier-Tetouan region (2014)

The region has a coastline to the west on the Atlantic Ocean, on the north to the Strait of Gibraltar and to the east on the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the regions of Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen and Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate to the south and also has a border to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

Administrative divisions

The region is made up into the following provinces and prefectures:

• Tangier Sub-Region
  • Prefecture of Tangier-Assilah
  • Fahs-Anjra Province
• Tétouan Sub-Region
  • Prefecture of M'diq-Fnideq
  • Chefchaouen Province
  • Larache Province
  • Ouezzane Province
  • Tétouan Province

References

1. Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco.com, accessed 7 February 2013
2. (2014 census)