Drâa-Tafilalet
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Drâa-Tafilalet درعة - تافيلالت |
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| Region | |
 Location in Morocco |
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| Coordinates: 31°19′N 5°20′W / 31.32°N 5.33°WCoordinates: 31°19′N 5°20′W / 31.32°N 5.33°W | |
| Country |
 Morocco
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| Created | September 2015 |
| Capital | Errachidia |
| Government | |
| • President | Lahbib Choubani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86,142 km2 (53,828 sq mi) |
| Population (1 September 2014) | |
| • Total | 1,635,008 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
Drâa-Tafilalet (Arabic: درعة - تافيلالت) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 86,142 km² and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Errachidia.
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, Marrakech-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.
Drâa-Tafilalet was formed in September 2015 by integrating the provinces of Errachidia and Midelt in Meknès-Tafilalet region with three provinces of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region.
Lahbib Choubani of the Justice and Development Party was elected as the regional council's first president on 14 September 2015.
Drâa-Tafilalet comprises five provinces:
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