Provinces of Morocco
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Morocco is divided into 37 provinces and 2 wilayas*:
Three additional provinces of Ad Dakhla (Oued Eddahab), Boujdour, and Es Smara as well as parts of Tan-Tan and Laayoune fall within Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara.
note: as part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature 16 new regions (provided below) were created although full details and scope of the reorganization are limited (capitals in parentheses):
- Casablanca (Casablanca)
- Chaouia-Ourdigha (Settat)
- Doukkala-Abda (Safi)
- Fès-Boulmane (Fès)
- Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen (Kénitra)
- Guelmim-Es Smara (Guelmim)
- Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra (Laâyoune)
- Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz (Marrakesh)
- Meknès-Tafilalet (Meknès)
- Oriental (Oujda)
- Oued Eddahab-Lagouira (Dakhla)
- Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer (Rabat)
- Souss-Massa-Draâ (Agadir)
- Tadla-Azilal (Béni Mellal)
- Tangier-Tétouan (Tangier)
- Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate (Al Hoceima)