Tetouan Province

2 communes in the urban area and 20 communes in the rural area
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  • 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:
▪ Contribution to the regional gross domestic product: 15.9%▪ Share in regional investment: 16.9%
Sea fishing:
▪ 1 Fishing port in Wadi Alo ▪ Ton capacity: (2018) ▪ Quantities caught: 407 (1000 tons) (2018) ▪ Fleet: 139 ships (2018)
Industry:
▪ Industrial area: 34% of the industrial complex in the region (781 units) ▪ Share of industrial investment in the region: 8%. 4 of regional industrial production: 6% share of employment in regional industry: 8% share in industrial trade volume For the region: 6% Dominant sectors: agricultural industries, chemicals and semi-chemicals ▪ Tetouan Industrial Zone ▪ Park Tetouan, ▪ Tetouan Beach
Tourism:
▪ 7% of the capacity of tourist facilities for the year 2019 (2,083 beds)
Main infrastructure related to transportation:
▪ Sania Ramel Airport
Road infrastructure:
▪ Classified roads: 284 square kilometers (7% of the classified road network in the region). ▪ Unclassified roads: 441 square kilometers (10% of the unclassified road network in the region) ▪ Tracks: 3,490 square kilometers
Education and training:

Schooling rate: 98% in urban areas, 87% in rural areas, and 95% for girls.
▪ Illiteracy rate: 21% in urban areas and 45% in rural areas (2014).
▪ Many colleges and graduate schools (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, College of Science, College of…
Law, Economic and Social Sciences, National School of Applied Sciences, University
Higher Institute for Professors, Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion, National Institute of Fine Arts, Higher Institute
For nursing professions and health methods)

Sports:

▪ Infrastructure and sports facilities: 3 units in 2019 (number of residents per facility)

Health:

▪ Health facilities: 42 units in 2019 (13,662 people/facility and 22% of accommodation capacity)

Drinking water:

▪ 9% of the water produced by the National Office of Electricity and Water at the regional level (151 million cubic metres) 20% of those involved in the potable water network in the region
And 17% in the electricity network in 2018

▪ 3 wind farms: Lafarge Wind Farm, Abdel Khaleq Torres Wind Farm, and El Cauda El Bayda Wind Farm. ▪ Hydraulic capabilities (Nakhla Dam, Samir, Sherif Al-Idrissi, etc.). ▪ Connection to the sewage network: 75% of the region’s network ▪ Number of controlled landfills and wastewater treatment plants: 5

• City of Tetouan – Museum of Modern Art in Tetouan,
• Spanish Theater in Tetouan

  • 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…,