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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Fès-Meknes was formed in September 2015 by merging <a href="/facts/F%25C3%25A8s-Boulemane/hJYq4voe">Fès-Boulemane</a> with the prefecture of <a href="/facts/Mekn%25C3%25A8s/soHLjUkP">Meknès</a> and the provinces of El Hajeb and Ifrane (in <a href="/facts/Mekn%25C3%25A8s-Tafilalet/jWDcS7dj">Meknès-Tafilalet</a> region) and the provinces of Taounate and Taza (in <a href="/facts/Taza-Al_Hoceima-Taounate/tzVkvbbA">Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate</a> region).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="administrative-divisions">Administrative divisions</h2> <p>The region of Fès-Meknes contains 7 provinces and 2 prefectures:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Provinceor Prefecture</th><th>Administrativetype</th><th>Geographicalcode</th><th><a href="/facts/ISO_3166-2%3aMA/KmMVVuTW">ISO code</a></th><th>HASC Code<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th><th>Surface<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>km2</th><th>Number of municipalitiesor arrondissement</th><th>Number of rural communes</th><th>Population 2014</th><th>Gov. partysept 2015</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/F%25C3%25A8s/yYpQPnpN">Fès Prefecture</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Prefecture</a></td><td>03.231.</td><td>MA-FES</td><td>MA.FM.FS</td><td>311.5</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>1.150.131</td><td><a href="/facts/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Morocco)/IgQzKBVL">PJD</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mekn%25C3%25A8s_Prefecture/wHturKTT">Meknès Prefecture</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Prefecture</a></td><td>03.061.</td><td>MA-MEK</td><td>MA.FM.ME</td><td>1,787</td><td>6</td><td>15</td><td>835.695</td><td><a href="/facts/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Morocco)/IgQzKBVL">PJD</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/El_Hajeb_Province/QCGejV96">El Hajeb Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.171.</td><td>MA-HAJ</td><td>MA.FM.EH</td><td>2,135</td><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>247.016</td><td><a href="/facts/Istiqlal_Party/3rzhddI9">PI</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ifrane_Province/4H6FGMpt">Ifrane Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.271.</td><td>MA-IFR</td><td>MA.FM.IF</td><td>3,777</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>155.221</td><td><a href="/facts/Popular_Movement_(Morocco)/3yUeyEpI">MP</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sefrou_Province/c41rTCfy">Sefrou Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.451.</td><td>MA-SEF</td><td>MA.FM.SE</td><td>3,462</td><td>5</td><td>18</td><td>286.489</td><td><a href="/facts/Popular_Movement_(Morocco)/3yUeyEpI">MP</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Moulay_Yacoub_Province/f63yzxa4">Moulay Yacoub Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.591.</td><td>MA-MOU</td><td>MA.FM.ZM</td><td>1,480</td><td>1</td><td>10</td><td>174.079</td><td><a href="/facts/Authenticity_and_Modernity_Party/BsG9xbVX">PAM</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Boulemane_Province/RREDAQog">Boulemane Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.131.</td><td>MA-BOM</td><td>MA.FM.BO</td><td>14,234</td><td>4</td><td>17</td><td>197.596</td><td><a href="/facts/Popular_Movement_(Morocco)/3yUeyEpI">MP</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Taza_Province/c0rbtvuw">Taza Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.561.</td><td>MA-TAZ</td><td>MA.FM.TZ</td><td>6,097</td><td>4</td><td>34</td><td>528.419</td><td><a href="/facts/Authenticity_and_Modernity_Party/BsG9xbVX">PAM</a> Canceled<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Taounate_Province/J1R3HuWS">Taounate Province</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_Morocco/Dos5Q7pP">Province</a></td><td>03.531.</td><td>MA-TAO</td><td>MA.FM.TN</td><td>5,598</td><td>5</td><td>44</td><td>662.246</td><td><a href="/facts/National_Rally_of_Independents/lRcnRqCo">RNI</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354". Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2015-07-11. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181226055518/https://www.hcp.ma/404.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181226055518/https://www.hcp.ma/404.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Décret fixant le nom des régions" (PDF). Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales (in French). 20 February 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Décret fixant le nom des régions" (PDF). Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales (in French). 20 February 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Décret fixant le nom des régions" (PDF). Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales (in French). 20 February 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083233/http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>pncl.gov.ma Official Journal of the Kingdom of Morocco in March 2015 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.pncl.gov.ma/fr/EspaceJuridique/DocLib/d%C3%A9cret%20fixant%20le%20nombre%20des%20r%C3%A9gions.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>HASC code for moroccan subdivisions <a href="http://www.statoids.com/yma.html" target="_blank">http://www.statoids.com/yma.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>www.citypopulation.de <a href="http://www.citypopulation.de/php/morocco-fesmeknes_d.php?adm2id=231" target="_blank">http://www.citypopulation.de/php/morocco-fesmeknes_d.php?adm2id=231</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Administrative Court Fez lose the "PAM" the presidency of the Regional Council of Taza (in Arabic) <a href="http://www.le360.ma/ar/politique/64607" target="_blank">http://www.le360.ma/ar/politique/64607</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>