Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Marrakesh-Safi

Marrakesh–Safi or Marrakech–Asfi (Arabic: مراكش آسفي, romanizedmurrākuš 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

Provinces of Marrakech-Asfi

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