Driouch Province ( Arabic : الدريوش ) is a province in Morocco that was formed in 2009 by dividing the Nador Province into two parts, all falling under the Oriental administrative region of northeastern Morocco. The province of Driouch has a population of 222,987 people as of 2004.
4-406: The province is divided administratively into the following: 34°59′00″N 3°23′00″W / 34.9833°N 3.3833°W / 34.9833; -3.3833 This Oriental (Morocco) location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oriental (Morocco) Oriental région or Oujda region ( Arabic : الشرق , romanized : aš-šarq ) is one of
8-549: A first or second language. A large minority speak the Rif-Berber language (38.4%) as a first language. Small numbers speak Eastern Middle Atlas Tamazight and Figuig Tamazight , principally in the south of Oriental. The English name Oriental is derived from the French term L'Oriental (for "the east") and comes directly from the Latin orientalis , "of the east", being that the region
12-532: Is located in the east of Morocco. The Arabic name Ash-Sharq also means "the east". Oriental is situated in the northeastern part of the country, with a northern coastline on the Mediterranean Sea . The region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima , lie to its northwest, [[, Taza-Fès-Meknès]] to its west, Drâa-Tafilalet to the southwest, with the Algerian provinces of Tlemcen and Naâma to its east and Béchar to
16-425: The twelve regions of Morocco , located in the north-eastern part of the country. It covers an area of 90,127 km and has a population of 2,314,346 (2014 census) and is the easternmost region of Morocco. The capital and the largest city is Oujda , and the second largest city is Nador . The region includes 7 provinces and one prefecture. A majority of the population of Oriental speak Moroccan Arabic (86.2%) as
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