Nouaceur Province

Nouaceur Province
إقليم النواصر
Province
Interactive map of Nouaceur Province
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
CapitalNouaceur
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
672,324

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 2024 was 672,324. The biggest city is Dar Bouazza, 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. The agreement to build the head office in Nouaceur was signed in 2009. Air Arabia Maroc has its head office in the arrivals terminal of the airport.

Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:

NameGeographic codeTypeHouseholdsPopulation (2004)Foreign populationMoroccan populationNotes
Nouaceur385.01.03.Municipality234912696712689
Bouskoura385.03.01.Rural commune1970992259779218213453 residents live in the center called Bouskoura, and 33940 residents live in the center called Lamkanssa; 44866 residents live in rural areas.
Dar Bouazza385.03.03.Rural commune25507115367150115217
Oulad Salah385.03.05.Rural commune297015797015797

References

  1. 1 2 "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" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 7 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Royal Air Maroc.(Africa/Middle East)(Brief Article)." Air Transport World. 1 July 2004. Retrieved on 19 October 2009. Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Casablanca: Nouaceur abritera le futur siège de la RAM[permanent dead link]." L'Économiste. 18 August 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.[dead link]
  4. ↑ "Contact Info Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine." Air Arabia. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

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