Tetouan Province
2 communes in the urban area and 20 communes in the rural area
- It is located in the far north of the Kingdom.
- Main demographic indicators:
▪ Area: 2540 square kilometers
▪ Population: 586,651 people (15% of the region’s population) in 2022
▪ Density: 230.9 people/km²
▪ Urbanization rate: 72.3% in 2014 (a predominantly rural region)
- Main sector indicators:
- Main Professions:
- Fishing
- Arts and crafts
- Logistics industry
- Culture and tourism
- Trade and services
▪ The region has a presence in the trade and fishing sector, operating at the level of 6 fishing centers, all of which are attached to the Wadi Alo site. (Centers of Oued El Alou, Tamghart, Oustam, Tamarnout, Tamrabet and Amsa) which has a fleet of 139 fishing vehicles
▪ Benefiting from the Andalusian character of the city of Tetouan, the region has an important craft fabric linked to tourism, and is distinguished by the diversity of its production and the size of the jobs it creates.
provides it;
▪ It has 194 cooperatives, of which 39 are in the crafts sector.
▪ It also has a large craft complex for marketing various products.
▪ The territory also has potential and dynamism in the industrial and logistical sectors that allow it to be the lung of Tangier and complement its offer
industrial;
▪ Its industrial dynamism is part of a proactive policy to develop industrial zones and national strategies aimed in particular at
Developing integrated industrial platforms for excellence, namely the Tetouan Industrial Zone and the Tetouan Industrial Park, which were developed within the framework of the project’s implementation.
Great. Tangier Med Industrial Platform, whose mission is to create an industrial and logistical fabric for all sectors of activity (food
agricultural chemicals, chemicals and semi-chemicals, textiles, etc.);
▪ The region is home to 34% of the region’s industrial area on its territory, led by the agro-industrial sector (38%) followed by the chemicals and materials sector
Chemical and semi-chemical (31%), then the metallurgy and mechanical sector (23%).
▪ The region has a unique cultural identity, especially the city of Tetouan, which has a rich historical, cultural and architectural heritage with its Andalusian cities classified as
It is a world heritage;
▪ It is also distinguished by its rural, environmental and cultural tourism (Buhachem Natural Park, which extends over the communities of Beni Let and Al-Wad, in addition to 4 communities
Others in the provinces of Chefchaouen and Larache, the archaeological site of the city of Tamuda located in the Martil Valley, ten kilometers away) and the seashore
As it is located 15 kilometers from the coastal resort of Tamouda Bay, located on the Mediterranean coast with high-level hotels,
Vacation villas, clubs, restaurants, marinas, water parks…,