Province of Morocco
Nouaceur (Arabic: إقليم النواصر, romanized: iqlīm an-Nawāṣir; French: Province de Nouaceur) is a province in the Moroccan region of Casablanca-Settat. Its population in 2004 was 236,119.[1] Its major town is Bouskoura,[2] although the administrative centre is Nouaceur.
Mohammed V International Airport is in Nouaceur. In 2004 Royal Air Maroc announced that it was moving its head office from Casablanca to a location in Nouaceur, close to Mohammed V International Airport.[3] The agreement to build the head office in Nouaceur was signed in 2009.[4] Air Arabia Maroc has its head office in the arrivals terminal of the airport.[5]
Subdivisions
The province is divided administratively into the following:[6]
Name |
Geographic code |
Type |
Households |
Population (2004) |
Foreign population |
Moroccan population |
Notes
|
Nouaceur |
385.01.03. |
Municipality |
2349 |
12696 |
7 |
12689 |
|
Bouskoura |
385.03.01. |
Rural commune |
19709 |
92259 |
77 |
92182 |
13453 residents live in the center called Bouskoura, and 33940 residents live in the center called Lamkanssa; 44866 residents live in rural areas.
|
Dar Bouazza |
385.03.03. |
Rural commune |
25507 |
115367 |
150 |
115217 |
|
Oulad Salah |
385.03.05. |
Rural commune |
2970 |
15797 |
0 |
15797 |
|
References
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