Sidi Slimane Province

Sidi Slimane Province إقليم سيدي سليمان
Province
Train station in Sidi Slimane
Coordinates: 34°13′N 5°42′W / 34.217°N 5.700°W / 34.217; -5.700
Country	Morocco
Administrative headquarters	Sidi Slimane
Government
• governor	Abdelmajid El Kyak (As of 2016[update][1]
Area
• Total	1,492 km2 (576 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[2]
• Total	292,877
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Sidi Slimane (Arabic: إقليم سيدي سليمان) is a province of Morocco in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra economic region. It covers an area of 1,492 square kilometres (576.1 sq mi) and its population in the 2004 census was 292,877.^[2] The province was created in 2009 by Decree # 2-09-319, out of the southwestern part of Kénitra Province.^[3] The province has two major urban areas: Sidi Slimane and Sidi Yahya. Sidi Slimane is the administrative headquarters.

Sidi Slimane Province lies in northern Morocco and has no coastline. It is bordered:^[4]

to the north and east by Sidi Kacem Province of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra;

to the southeast by Meknès Prefecture of the Fès-Meknès region;

to the south by Khémisset Province of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra;

to the west by Kénitra Province of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Sidi Slimane Province is divided into two municipalities, Sidi Slimane and Sidi Yahya, and nine rural communities.^[2] The nine rural communities are organized into four chieftaincies:

• Boumaiz Chieftaincy with Boumaiz (بومعيز) and Awlad Ben Hammadi (اولاد بن حمادي)
• Dar Bel Amri Chieftaincy with Dar Bel Amri (دار بلعامري) and Azghar (أزغار)
• Kceibya Chieftaincy with Kceibya (القصيبية) and Sfafaa (السفافعة)
• M’saada Chieftaincy with M’saada (لمساعدة) and Awlad Ahcene (اولاد احسين)