Tangier-Assilah Prefecture

3 communes are located in the urban area and 9 communes are located in the rural area
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  • The region is located opposite Bahrain and the Strait of Gibraltar
  • Key demographic indicators:

▪ Area: 952.02 square kilometers
▪ Population: 1,266,763 people (32.5% of the region’s population) in 2022
▪ Density: 1330.6 inhabitants/km²
▪ Urbanization rate: 94.3 year 2

  • Main sector indicators:

▪ Contribution to the regional gross domestic product by 43.8%

▪ 73.5% share of total investments

Sea fishing:

▪ 2 fishing ports (Tangier and Asilah)

▪ Ton capacity: 5005 (2018)

▪ Quantities caught: 6193 (1000 tons), second place after
Larache (2018)

▪ Fleet: 535 ships, second place after the port of Al Hoceima (2018)

Industry:

▪ Industrial zone: 44% of the industrial fleet in the region (781 units) share of investments
Industrial production in the region: 86%. Share in regional industrial production: 49%. Percentage of employment in
Regional industry: 77% Share in the region’s industrial trade volume: 49% Sectors
Dominant: agricultural industry, chemicals and semi-chemicals, electricity
Electronics, mechanical metals, textiles and leather many areas
Tangier Industrial and Free Zone: Imghougha Industrial Zone – Tangier, Al Majd District
Industrial, Akznaya Industrial Zone.

Tourism:

▪ 55% of the capacity of tourist facilities in 2019 (16,182 beds)

Transportation infrastructure:

▪ 1 Ibn Battuta Airport
▪ The presence of a high-speed railway line between Tangier and Casablanca,

Education and training:
▪ Schooling rate: 97.40% in urban areas, 94.40% in rural areas, and 97% for girls. Illiteracy rate: 21.8% minimum compared to the region (2014) Many colleges and higher schools (Faculty of Science and Technology in Tangier, King Fahd School of Translation in Tangier, National School of Applied Sciences in Tangier, etc.)
Sports:
▪ Infrastructure and sports facilities: 16 units in 2019
Health:
▪ Health facilities: 43 units in 2019. 27,647 residents/facility and 32% of accommodation capacity.
Drinking water:
▪ 15.82% of the water produced by the National Office of Electricity and Water at the regional level in 2018 ▪ 40% of subscribers to the drinking water network in the region and 3% to the electricity network in 2018

▪ 1 Dar Saadane wind farm (Tangier), with a capacity of 140 MW
▪ Great hydraulic potential (Ibn Battuta Dam, Boukhalaf, Saboun, April 9, 1947, Carob in progress
▪ Number of controlled landfills and wastewater treatment plants: 4

▪ The city of Al-Qasr Al-Saghir
▪ The walls of the small palace

  • Main Professions:
  • Industry
  • Logistics Services
  • Renewable Energy

▪ The Fahs-Anjra region is characterized by an industrial and logistical mission because, since 2007, it has hosted the port of Tangier Med, which today constitutes a center of activity in the heart of the strait and an exclusive platform for the development of the main industrial activity areas in the region. 2,000 hectares consisting of 6 industrial and logistical areas:
▪ Tangier Free Zone
▪ MedHub
▪ Renault-Melloussa industrial zone
▪ Sharafat Industrial Area
▪ Tetouan Beach
▪ Fnideq Free Trade Zone
▪ The region also witnessed the establishment of the Renault factory in its Maloussa commune, which began its activity in 2012.
▪ The province of Fahs-Anjra, together with the prefecture of Tangier-Asilah, constitutes the dominant industrial pole through participation at a rate of up to 42%
Of the region’s industrial production, it is mainly directed towards the electricity and electronics sector (99%), almost all of which is exported.
(99%);
▪ An area for economic, industrial and craft activities will be constructed in the Bahrawi community and the new city of Sharafat will be established.
“Eco-city”, which provides for the establishment of major industrial areas and the use of wind energy;
▪ It also witnessed the establishment of a multidisciplinary institute for trade in the field of logistics and industry in the city of Sharafat
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▪ The territory also has a renewable energy potential and is therefore home to wind farms such as the Houma Wind Farm and the Houma Wind Farm.
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