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Also known as Oriental region

former region of Morocco (1997-2015)

Key facts

Country
Morocco
Capital
Oujda
Wali governor
Abdelfettah El Houmam
Total
82,900 km (32,000 sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+0 ( WET )
Summer dst
UTC+1 ( WEST )

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Encyclopedic overview

Oriental (Arabic: الجهة الشرقية) is one of the sixteen former regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 82,900 km and has a population of 1,918,094 (2004 census). The capital and largest city is Oujda, and the second largest city is Nador.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oriental” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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