Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture
Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture
عمالة اكادير اداوتنان | |
|---|---|
Agadir beach from the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Administrative headquarters | Agadir |
| Government | |
| • governor | Saaïd Amzazi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,297 km2 (887 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 721,431 |
| • Density | 314.1/km2 (813.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
The prefecture of Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane (Arabic: عمالة اكادير اداوتنان) is a largely urban subdivision of the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. on the Atlantic coast, it had 721,431 inhabitants in 2024.[2] It covers 2,297 square kilometers.[3]
Geography
The prefecture is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the province of Essaouira to the north, that of Taroudant to the east and by the prefecture of Inezgane Ait Melloul to the south.[3]
Demography
| 2014[4] | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 598,757 | 721,431 |
Towns of the province
| Municipality | Population (2024)[2] |
|---|---|
| Agadir | 504,768 |
| Drargua | 107,621 |
| Aourir | 46,032 |
| Tamri | 19,790 |
| Amskroud | 9,648 |
| Imsouane | 7,246 |
References
- ^ "Biographie de M. Saaïd Amzazi, Wali de la région de Souss-Massa et Gouverneur de la préfecture d'Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane". MAP Express (in French).
- ^ a b "Population légale du Royaume du Maroc répartie par régions, provinces et préfectures et communes selon les résultats du Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2024". Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in French).
- ^ a b "Monographie". INDH AGADIR (in French). 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Recensement population (RGPH) 2014". Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in French).
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