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:
▪ Contribution to the regional gross domestic product by: 1.8%
Sea fishing:
▪ 1 Small Palace fishing port
▪ Ton capacity: 102 (2018)
▪ Quantities caught: 150 (1000 tons) (2018)
▪ Fleet: 68 ships (2018)
Industry:
▪ Industrial Zone:
▪ 0.64% of the industrial areas in the region (781 units) 1730
▪ Share in regional industrial production :
▪% 42 Percentage of employment in regional industry:
▪%5.53 Share in the region’s industrial trade volume:
▪ 41% Dominant sectors: electrical and electromechanical industry
▪ Metallurgy and mechanics mainly through the automobile industry, aviation and aerospace construction,
▪ Malloussa Industrial Zone
▪ Tangier Med Port
Tourism:
▪ 4% of the capacity of tourist facilities in the region in 2019 (1,295 beds)
Transportation infrastructure (main):
▪ The port of Tangier Med has become one of the “major” ports in the Western Mediterranean.
Education and training:
▪ Schooling rate: 93% in rural areas and 94% for girls
▪ Illiteracy rate: 39% (2014).
Sports:
▪ Infrastructure and sports facilities: 5 units in 2019 (15,700 inhabitants per facility)
Health:
▪ Health facilities: 7 units in 2019 (11,691 residents/institutions)
Drinking water:
▪ 42% of the water produced by the National Office of Electricity and Water at the regional level (151 million
(cubic metres) 0.6% of subscribers to the region’s drinking water network and 2% to the network
Electricity in 2018
▪ Two wind farms: Al-Homa Wind Farm, Khaldi Wind Farm
▪ Hydraulic potential (Tangier Med Dam, Moulay Hassan Belmehdi, small)
▪ Connection to the sewage network: 2% of the sewage network in the region
• The city of Al-Qasr Al-Saghir
• The walls of the small palace
- 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