Drâa-Tafilalet

Also known as Draa Tafilalet, Dara, Tafilalet, Draa-Tafilalet, Sijilmasa, Dra-Tafilalt, Draa-Tafilalt, Tafilalt

Drâa-Tafilalet () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 88,836 km2 and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Errachidia.

Key facts

Settlement.population_as_of: 1 September 2014
Settlement.name: Drâa-Tafilalet
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_seal: Drâa-Tafilalet logo.png
Settlement.image_map: Drâa-Tafilalet region locator map.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Errachidia
Settlement.government_type: Governor–regional council
Settlement.leader_title1: Wali

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Drâa-Tafilalet () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 88,836 km2 and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Errachidia.

==Geography== Drâa-Tafilalet is situated in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Its main watersheds are that of the Draa River in the west and the Ziz River, which irrigates the Tafilalt oasis, in the east. Drâa-Tafilalet borders five other Moroccan regions: Souss-Massa to the southwest, Marrakesh-Safi to the west, Béni Mellal-Khénifra to the northwest, Fès-Meknès to the north, and Oriental to the northeast. It also borders two of Algeria's provinces, Tindouf in the south and Béchar in the southeast.