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Marrakesh–Safi مراكش آسفي (Arabic)
Region
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Marrakesh–SafiLocation in Morocco
Coordinates: 31°37′N 8°0′W / 31.617°N 8.000°W / 31.617; -8.000
Country	Morocco
Capital	Marrakech
Government
• Wali	Karim Kassi-Lehlou
• President	Ahmed Akhchichine
Population
• Total	4,520,569
Time zone	UTC+1 (WET)

Marrakesh–Safi (Arabic: مراكش آسفي, romanized: murrākuš āsafi) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. Its population in 2014 was 4,520,569. The capital is Marrakesh.

History

Marrakech–Asfi was formed in September 2015 by merging the old region of Marrakech–Tensift–El Haouz with the provinces of Asfi and Youssoufia in Doukkala-Abda region.

In September 2023 the region was struck by a large magnitude 6.9 earthquake that reportedly left over 2,800 people dead and injured more than 3,000 others.

Administrative divisions

The region is made up of the following provinces and prefectures:

• Prefecture of Marrakech
• Al Haouz Province
• Chichaoua Province
• El Kelâa des Sraghna Province
• Essaouira Province
• Rehamna Province
• Safi Province
• Youssoufia Province

References

1. Jounaux.ma Archived 2015-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354" (pdf). Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-07-11.
3. ^ "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.
4. "Morocco earthquake: More than 2,000 dead as tremors felt in several regions". BBC News. 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
   • Michaelson, Ruth (2023-09-10). "Morocco earthquake: at least 2,000 dead and thousands more injured". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
   • Edmondson, Catie; Alami, Aida; Breeden, Aurelien; Méheut, Constant (2023-09-09). "Powerful Earthquake Shakes Morocco, Killing More Than 2,000". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-10.

v t e Marrakesh-Safi region
Capital: Marrakesh
Provinces	Al Haouz Province Chichaoua Province Essaouira Province Kelaat Sraghna Province Marrakech Prefecture Rehamna Province Safi Province Youssoufia Province
Cities	Aït Dawd Ait Ourir Amizmiz Assahrij Ben Guerir Chichaoua Echemmaia El Hanchane Essaouira Imin tanout Kelaat Sraghna Jamaat Shaim Laattaouia Lalla Takerkoust Marrakesh Moulay Brahim Ounagha Safi Sebt Gzoula Sidi Abdallah Ghiat Sidi Bou Othmane Sidi Rahal Skhour Rhamna Smimou Tafetachte Tahannaout Talmest Tamallalt Tamanar Tameslouht Youssoufia

v t e Regions of Morocco
from 2015	Béni Mellal-Khénifra Casablanca-Settat Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Drâa-Tafilalet Fès-Meknès Guelmim-Oued Noun Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Marrakech-Safi Oriental Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Souss-Massa Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
1997–2015	Chaouia-Ouardigha Doukkala-Abda Fès-Boulemane Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen Grand Casablanca Guelmim-Es Semara Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz Meknès-Tafilalet Oriental Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Souss-Massa-Drâa Tadla-Azilal Tangier-Tetouan Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate
1971–1997	Southern Tansift Central Northwestern North-Central Eastern South-Central
Regions falling partly (*) or entirely (**) within the disputed territory of Western Sahara

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