Midelt ( Arabic : ميدلت ) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Drâa-Tafilalet . It was created in 2009 from parts of the provinces of Khénifra and Errachidia . Its centre of administration is the town Midelt .
5-413: The province is divided administratively into the following municipalities and rural communes: 32°41′N 4°44′W / 32.68°N 4.73°W / 32.68; -4.73 This Drâa-Tafilalet location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dr%C3%A2a-Tafilalet Drâa-Tafilalet ( Arabic : درعة - تافيلالت , romanized : darʿa - tāfīlālt )
10-673: Is one of the twelve regions of Morocco . It covers an area of 88,836 km and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census . The capital of the region is Errachidia . Drâa-Tafilalet is situated in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Its main watersheds are that of the Draa River in the west and the Ziz River , which irrigates the Tafilalt oasis, in the east. Drâa-Tafilalet borders five other Moroccan regions: Souss-Massa to
15-531: The Souss-Massa-Drâa region. Lahbib Choubani of the Justice and Development Party was elected as the regional council's first president on 14 September 2015. Mohamed Fanid was appointed governor ( wali ) of the region on 13 October 2015. He was succeeded by Mohamed Benribag in 2017. Drâa-Tafilalet comprises five provinces: Agriculture and pastoralism have traditionally been major economic activities in
20-532: The region, but they have been adversely impacted in recent years by increasing desertification . There is a filmmaking industry concentrated in the Ouarzazate area. The fortified towns in the area, such as the World Heritage Site Aït Benhaddou , are popular tourist attractions. Traditional arts and crafts such as the pottery of Tamegroute and the rugs of Taznakht are also significant to
25-512: The southwest, Marrakech-Safi to the west, Béni Mellal-Khénifra to the northwest, Fès-Meknès to the north, and Oriental to the northeast. It also borders two of Algeria 's provinces , Tindouf in the south and Béchar in the southeast. Drâa-Tafilalet was formed in September 2015 by integrating the provinces of Errachidia and Midelt in Meknès-Tafilalet region with three provinces of
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