Fahs Province – Anjra
7 communes belonging to the rural world
- It is located on the western side of the Mediterranean Sea of Morocco.
- Key demographic indicators:
▪ Area: 732 square kilometers
▪ Population: 85,244 people (2.2% of the region’s population) in 2022
▪ Density: 116.3 people/km²
▪ Urbanization rate: 0% in 2014 (predominantly rural region)
- Main sector indicators:
- Main Professions:
- Industry
- Logistics Services
- Renewable Energy
▪ Agriculture is the main activity of the province with a useful agricultural area of 144,850 hectares
▪ Intensive agriculture dominates the region, with cereal cultivation coming in first, accounting for 64% of the area.
▪ Olive cultivation occupies an important place in the agricultural activity of the region, accounting for 23% of the surface area.
▪ The Ouazzane region is also a pioneer In sunflower production, 41% of production and 50% of the area of arable agricultural land is allocated to this product.
▪ The territory is also famous for its high-potential tourism with its 17th-century city, mountain ranges, shrines, hermitages and “shrines”. It is also an important spiritual capital of Sufism. It is distinguished by its religious character, being a place of Muslim and Jewish pilgrimage, in particular Because of the presence of the grave of the venerable Rabbi Imran bin Diwan, who died in 1780.
▪ The region is also characterized by the trade in handicrafts and traditional industry, which plays an important role in trade with advanced artisanal weaving and typical crafts, among which we find: wool weaving, the oldest and most important activity, the Wazzani jalba that guarantees the city’s fame, and wooden crafts that developed thanks to the abundance of raw materials on offer. Tanneries dating back to the fourteenth century