# Taounate Province

Taounate (Arabic: تاونات) is a province in the Fès-Meknès region. It is situated in northern Morocco, north-east of Fes. It had a population of 668,232 in the 2004 Census.

## Largest towns

* Taounate (32,380 inhabitants)
* Bouhouda (26,124)
* Tamedit (21,453)
* Mkansa (22,705)
* Aïn Aïcha (22,575)
* Galaz (18,471)
* Ghouazi (18,779)
* Sidi M'Hamed Ben Lahcen (18,990)
* Jbabra (19,076)
* Bouarouss (18,495)
* Moulay Bouchta (16,602)
* Aïn Médiouna (16,410)
* Ras el Oued (15,949)
* Bouchabel (16,652)
* Loulja (16,515)
* Ourtzagh (15,216)
* Broumiyene
* Beni Kourrab
* Bou Adel
* Ain Mlallou
* Ain Jnane

## Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:
| Name | Geographic code | Type | Households | Population (2004) | Foreign population | Moroccan population |
| Ghafsai | 531.01.01. | Municipality | 1209 | 5492 | 8 | 5484 |
| Karia Ba Mohamed | 531.01.03. | Municipality | 3271 | 16712 | 22 | 16690 |
| Taounate | 531.01.05. | Municipality | 6499 | 32380 | 8 | 32372 |
| Thar Es-Souk | 531.01.07. | Municipality | 733 | 3792 | 0 | 3792 |
| Tissa | 531.01.09. | Municipality | 1824 | 9566 | 1 | 9565 |
| El Bibane | 531.03.01. | Rural commune | 1377 | 6593 | 0 | 6593 |
| Galaz | 531.03.03. | Rural commune | 3636 | 18471 | 0 | 18471 |
| Kissane | 531.03.05. | Rural commune | 2620 | 13712 | 0 | 13712 |
| Oudka | 531.03.07. | Rural commune | 1601 | 8392 | 0 | 8392 |
| Ourtzagh | 531.03.09. | Rural commune | 2935 | 15216 | 0 | 15216 |
| Ratba | 531.03.11. | Rural commune | 2950 | 15744 | 1 | 15743 |
| Sidi Haj M'Hamed | 531.03.13. | Rural commune | 1425 | 8649 | 0 | 8649 |
| Sidi Mokhfi | 531.03.15. | Rural commune | 1522 | 8297 | 0 | 8297 |
| Sidi Yahya Bni Zeroual | 531.03.17. | Rural commune | 2616 | 14930 | 0 | 14930 |
| Tabouda | 531.03.19. | Rural commune | 2747 | 15644 | 0 | 15644 |
| Tafrant | 531.03.21. | Rural commune | 2494 | 13622 | 0 | 13622 |
| Timezgana | 531.03.23. | Rural commune | 2677 | 15085 | 0 | 15085 |
| Bni Snous | 531.05.01. | Rural commune | 1430 | 9002 | 0 | 9002 |
| Bouchabel | 531.05.03. | Rural commune | 2549 | 16652 | 0 | 16652 |
| Ghouazi | 531.05.05. | Rural commune | 2993 | 18779 | 1 | 18778 |
| Jbabra | 531.05.07. | Rural commune | 2831 | 19076 | 0 | 19076 |
| Loulja | 531.05.09. | Rural commune | 2409 | 16515 | 0 | 16515 |
| Mkansa | 531.05.11. | Rural commune | 3495 | 22705 | 0 | 22705 |
| Moulay Abdelkrim | 531.05.13. | Rural commune | 1418 | 8282 | 1 | 8281 |
| Moulay Bouchta | 531.05.15. | Rural commune | 2913 | 16602 | 0 | 16602 |
| Sidi El Abed | 531.05.17. | Rural commune | 2034 | 13567 | 0 | 13567 |
| Ain Mediouna | 531.07.01. | Rural commune | 2950 | 16410 | 2 | 16408 |
| Bni Oulid | 531.07.03. | Rural commune | 2089 | 11775 | 3 | 11772 |
| Bni Ounjel Tafraout | 531.07.05. | Rural commune | 1352 | 8421 | 0 | 8421 |
| Bouadel | 531.07.07. | Rural commune | 2377 | 13691 | 0 | 13691 |
| Bouhouda | 531.07.09. | Rural commune | 4257 | 26124 | 0 | 26124 |
| Fennassa Bab El Hit | 531.07.11. | Rural commune | 2108 | 12764 | 1 | 12763 |
| Khlalfa | 531.07.13. | Rural commune | 2288 | 12939 | 0 | 12939 |
| Mezraoua | 531.07.15. | Rural commune | 1661 | 9883 | 0 | 9883 |
| Rghioua | 531.07.17. | Rural commune | 1032 | 4802 | 1 | 4801 |
| Tamedit | 531.07.19. | Rural commune | 3492 | 21453 | 0 | 21453 |
| Zrizer | 531.07.21. | Rural commune | 1500 | 7934 | 0 | 7934 |
| Ain Aicha | 531.09.01. | Rural commune | 3544 | 22575 | 1 | 22574 |
| Ain Legdah | 531.09.03. | Rural commune | 1907 | 12196 | 2 | 12194 |
| Ain Maatouf | 531.09.05. | Rural commune | 1775 | 11165 | 0 | 11165 |
| Bouarouss | 531.09.07. | Rural commune | 2855 | 18495 | 0 | 18495 |
| El Bsabsa | 531.09.09. | Rural commune | 1209 | 7997 | 0 | 7997 |
| Messassa | 531.09.11. | Rural commune | 1476 | 9497 | 0 | 9497 |
| Oued Jemaa | 531.09.13. | Rural commune | 1534 | 9983 | 0 | 9983 |
| Oulad Ayyad | 531.09.15. | Rural commune | 1386 | 8896 | 0 | 8896 |
| Oulad Daoud | 531.09.17. | Rural commune | 1970 | 12271 | 0 | 12271 |
| Outabouabane | 531.09.19. | Rural commune | 1490 | 10545 | 0 | 10545 |
| Ras El Oued | 531.09.21. | Rural commune | 2438 | 15949 | 0 | 15949 |
| Sidi M'Hamed Ben Lahcen | 531.09.23. | Rural commune | 2809 | 18990 | 0 | 18990 |