The area Meknès-Tafilalet (Arab: rear RTL مكناستافيلالت) is one of the sixteen areas Morocco, creates after the law of decentralization of 1997. It is in the north of the country. It extends on 79.210 km ² (vaster than the Czech Republic) and is populated of: 2141527. Its capital is Meknès which is located at its extreme North.

Composition

Territorial limits

The area in figures

Population of the Meknès-Tafilalet area

All the area (urban areas and rural): : 2119000 inhabitants

Tourism

Tourist sites of the area

  • classified Hotels: 41 units (: 4658 beds)

  • Hotel not classified: 58 units (: 1391 beds)
  • Residences tourist: 2 units (325 beds)
  • classified Inns: 5 units (215 beds)
  • Inns of the young people: 1 units (50 beds)
  • tourist Lodgings: 15 units (521 beds)
  • Camp-site: 6 units (: 1395 sites)

Youth and sports

Infrastructures

  • Grounds of Football: 47

  • covered Rooms: 2
  • Grounds of Basketball: 19
  • Grounds of handball: 14
  • Terrains of Volley-ball: 16
  • Swimming pools: 17
  • Stations of Ski: 1
  • Game of bowls: 2
  • Tennis: 4
  • Athletics: 2
  • Houses of young people: 27
  • female Hearths: 55
  • Kindergartens: 44
  • Reception centres: 4

Agriculture

  • Cereals: : 375000 ha

  • Leguminous: : 41000 ha
  • oleaginous Cultures: : 18000 ha
  • Cultures fodder: : 25000 ha
  • fruit-bearing Cultures: : 82500 ha
  • Truck farming: : 23500 ha

Craft industry

  • Meknès : 18 units

  • El Hajeb: 3 units
  • Khénifra: 14 units
  • Errachidia: 12 units
  • Ifrane: 4 units

Industry

Transport

The area contains a section of the Casablabca-Fès highway. The railroad connecting Marrakech to Oujda crosses the town of Meknès. The town of Errachidia shelters the single airport of the area.

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