Errachidia Province

Province of Errachidia
Province
إقليم الراشيدية
Province of Errachidia
Coordinates: 31.930385°N 4.423088°W / 31.930385; -4.423088
Country	Morocco
Region	Drâa-Tafilalet
Capital	Errachidia
Government
• Governor	Abdellah Amimi
Area
• Total	60,000 km^2 (20,000 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	556,612
• Density	8.7/km^2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time
ISO 3166 code	MAR
Website	http://www.errachidia.org/

Errachidia (Arabic: إقليم الراشيدية) is a province located in eastern central Morocco in the region of Dra-Tafilalt.

Errachidia is bordered by Algeria to the southeast and by the Moroccan provinces of Figig to the northeast, Midelt to the north, Tinghir to the west, and Zagura to the southwest. It is considered to be one of the most historically important regions of Morocco.

Errachidia, whose former name is Ksar Souk and Imetɣaren in the Berber language, was named Rachid, in tribute to one of the main founders of the Alaouite dynasty, the current Moroccan royal family.

Cities

• Aoufous
• Boudnib
• Erfoud
• Errachidia
• Goulmima
• Jorf
• Moulay Ali Cherif
• Rich
• Rissani
• Tinejdad

Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:^[2]

Name	Geographic code	Type	Households	Population (2004)	Foreign population	Moroccan population	Notes
Arfoud	201.01.01.	Municipality	4035	23637	5	23632
Boudnib	201.01.03.	Municipality	1828	9867	1	9866
Errachidia	201.01.05.	Municipality	14624	76759	47	76712
Goulmima	201.01.09.	Municipality	3054	16593	3	16590
Jorf	201.01.11.	Municipality	1981	12135	1	12134
Moulay Ali Cherif	201.01.13.	Municipality	3251	20469	1	20468
Tinejdad	201.01.15.	Municipality	1289	7494	2	7492
Aarab Sebbah Gheris	201.03.01.	Rural commune	688	4937	0	4937
Aarab Sebbah Ziz	201.03.03.	Rural commune	2578	18332	1	18331
Es-Sifa	201.03.07.	Rural commune	1022	7881	0	7881
Fezna	201.03.09.	Rural commune	585	4087	1	4086
Amellagou	201.05.03.	Rural commune	890	5273	0	5273
Aoufous	201.07.01.	Rural commune	1929	11506	0	11506	1272 residents live in the center, called Aoufous; 10234 residents live in rural areas.
Chorfa M'Daghra	201.07.03.	Rural commune	2133	13803	0	13803
Er-Rteb	201.07.05.	Rural commune	2081	13324	1	13323
Lkheng	201.07.07.	Rural commune	2190	13017	1	13016
Oued Naam	201.07.09.	Rural commune	1000	5709	3	5706
Bni M'Hamed Sijelmassa	201.11.01.	Rural commune	2282	16709	0	16709
Er-Rissani	201.11.03.	Rural commune	727	5575	3	5572
Es-Sfalat	201.11.05.	Rural commune	2147	16163	0	16163
Et-Taous	201.11.07.	Rural commune	820	5337	1	5336
Sidi Ali	201.11.09.	Rural commune	385	3081	0	3081
Aghbalou N'Kerdous	201.13.01.	Rural commune	1306	9357	0	9357
Ferkla El Oulia	201.13.03.	Rural commune	3010	20214	2	20212
Ferkla Es-Soufla	201.13.05.	Rural commune	1713	12624	0	12624
Gheris El Ouloui	201.13.07.	Rural commune	1685	11879	0	11879
Gheris Es-Soufli	201.13.09.	Rural commune	1024	6742	0	6742
Melaab	201.13.11.	Rural commune	2340	16681	1	16680
Tadighoust	201.13.13.	Rural commune	1218	7346	1	7345

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
2. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

External links

• Site of the region Errachidia-Tafilalet