Tangier-Tétouan () was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 11,570 km2Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco.com, accessed 7 February 2013 and had a population of 3,157,075.2014 census 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 former region was subdivided 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
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