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Nouaceur Province

Coordinates: 33°21′40″N 7°36′41″W / 33.36111°N 7.61139°W / 33.36111; -7.61139
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Nouaceur (Arabic: إقليم النواصر, romanizediqlīm an-Nawāṣir; French: Province de Nouaceur) is a province in the Moroccan region of Casablanca-Settat. Its population in 2004 was 236,119.[1] Its major town is Bouskoura,[2] although the administrative centre is Nouaceur.

Mohammed V International Airport is in Nouaceur. In 2004 Royal Air Maroc announced that it was moving its head office from Casablanca to a location in Nouaceur, close to Mohammed V International Airport.[3] The agreement to build the head office in Nouaceur was signed in 2009.[4] Air Arabia Maroc has its head office in the arrivals terminal of the airport.[5]

Subdivisions

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The province is divided administratively into the following:[6]

Name Geographic code Type Households Population (2004) Foreign population Moroccan population Notes
Nouaceur 385.01.03. Municipality 2349 12696 7 12689
Bouskoura 385.03.01. Rural commune 19709 92259 77 92182 13453 residents live in the center called Bouskoura, and 33940 residents live in the center called Lamkanssa; 44866 residents live in rural areas.
Dar Bouazza 385.03.03. Rural commune 25507 115367 150 115217
Oulad Salah 385.03.05. Rural commune 2970 15797 0 15797

References

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  1. ^ [1]
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  3. ^ "Royal Air Maroc.(Africa/Middle East)(Brief Article)." Air Transport World. 1 July 2004. Retrieved on 19 October 2009. Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Casablanca: Nouaceur abritera le futur siège de la RAM[permanent dead link]." L'Économiste. 18 August 2009. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Contact Info Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine." Air Arabia. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
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33°21′40″N 7°36′41″W / 33.36111°N 7.61139°W / 33.36111; -7.61139