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Tangier-Tétouan طنجة تطوان
Region
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 35°46′N 5°48′W / 35.767°N 5.800°W / 35.767; -5.800
Country	Morocco
Created	1997
Abolished	September 2015
Capital	Tangier
Area
• Total	11,570 km (4,470 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,157,075
• Density	270/km (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Tangier-Tétouan (Arabic: طنجة تطوان) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 11,570 km and had a population of 3,157,075. The capital was Tangier. In 2015, Al Hoceïma Province from Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate was added to it to form the region of Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma.

Geography

The region has a coastline on the west formed by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Strait of Gibraltar and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the regions of Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen and Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate to the south, and also has a border with the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

Administrative divisions

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

• Tangier Sub-Region
  • Prefecture of Tangier-Assilah
  • Fahs-Anjra Province
• Tétouan Sub-Region
  • Prefecture of M'diq-Fnideq
  • Chefchaouen Province
  • Larache Province
  • Ouezzane Province
  • Tétouan Province

References

1. Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco.com, accessed 7 February 2013
2. 2014 census

v t e Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
Capital: Tangier
Prefectures and provinces	Al Hoceima Province Chefchaouen Province Fahs-Anjra Province Larache Province M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture Ouezzane Province Tangier-Assilah Prefecture Tetouan Province
Cities	Al Hoceima Asilah Bab Taza Bni Bouayach Brikcha Chefchawn Fnideq Jebha Imzouren Karia Ba Mohamed Khemis Sahel Ksar El Kbir Ksar es-Seghir Larache Martil M'dyaq Moqrisset Ouad Laou Ouezzane Tangier Targuist Tétouan Zoumi

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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