Nouaceur Province
Province of Morocco
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Nouaceur (Arabic: إقليم النواصر, romanized: iqlīm an-Nawāṣir; French: Province de Nouaceur) is a province in the Moroccan region of Casablanca-Settat. Its population in 2024 was 672,324.[1] The biggest city is Dar Bouazza, 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.[2] The agreement to build the head office in Nouaceur was signed in 2009.[3] Air Arabia Maroc has its head office in the arrivals terminal of the airport.[4]
Subdivisions
The province is divided administratively into the following:[5]
| 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 | |