Boulemane Province (Arabic: إقليم بولمان) is a province of Morocco, formerly in the Fès-Boulemane Region. The Fès-Boulemane region became part of Fès-Meknès September 2015 by merging Fès-Boulemane with the prefecture of Meknès and the provinces of El Hajeb and Ifrane (in Meknès-Tafilalet region) and the provinces of Taounate and Taza (in Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region). A man named Abdenour lived here, he won the best Abdenour Award 3 times. The province had a population of 185,110 people in 2004. [1]

Forest in Boulemane
Location of the province Boulemane within the region Fès-Boulemane, Morocco, prior to the merger in 2015. At this time Morocco had 16 regions, subdivided into 62 provinces and 13 prefectures.
Location of the province Fes Meknes, within which the Boulemane Province has been located since 2015. In total, Morocco now has 12 regions.

The major cities and towns are: [2]

  1. Boulemane
  2. Guigou
  3. Imouzzer Marmoucha
  4. Missour
  5. Outat El Haj

Subdivisions

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The province is divided administratively into the following:[1]

Name Geographic code Type Households Population (2004) Foreign population Moroccan population Notes
Boulemane 131.01.01. Municipality 1541 6910 1 6909
Imouzzer Marmoucha 131.01.02. Municipality 908 4001 1 4000
Missour 131.01.03. Municipality 4286 20978 28 20950
Outat El Haj 131.01.05. Municipality 2625 13945 5 13940
Ait Bazza 131.03.01. Rural commune 612 3480 0 3480
Ait El Mane 131.03.03. Rural commune 440 2243 0 2243
Almis Marmoucha 131.03.05. Rural commune 445 2698 0 2698
El Mers 131.03.07. Rural commune 1178 5891 1 5890
Enjil 131.03.09. Rural commune 1534 8164 0 8164
Guigou 131.03.11. Rural commune 3694 19035 1 19034 7976 residents live in the center, called Guigou; 11059 residents live in rural areas.
Serghina 131.03.13. Rural commune 733 3726 0 3726
Skoura M'Daz 131.03.15. Rural commune 1934 8713 1 8712
Talzemt 131.03.17. Rural commune 650 3710 0 3710
Ksabi Moulouya 131.05.01. Rural commune 1759 10067 1 10066
Ouizeght 131.05.03. Rural commune 963 5509 0 5509
Sidi Boutayeb 131.05.05. Rural commune 1705 9522 20 9502
El Orjane 131.07.01. Rural commune 1179 7609 2 7607
Ermila 131.07.03. Rural commune 1079 6774 0 6774
Fritissa 131.07.05. Rural commune 3314 26022 5 26017
Oulad Ali Youssef 131.07.07. Rural commune 1074 6669 0 6669
Tissaf 131.07.09. Rural commune 1455 9444 2 9442

Infrastructure

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In 2019, the Moroccan government and German development bank KFW announced that Boulemane will be one of seven regions to construct a solar energy plant as part of the country's larger goal to increase renewable energy production.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Morocco Launches International Tenders for Seven Solar Plants | the North Africa Post".

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