Oriental (Morocco)
Oriental
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Region | |
Jebel Tamejout - Grotte du Chameau (Zegzel) | |
Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 34°41′N 1°54′W / 34.683°N 1.900°W | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Capital | Oujda |
| Government | |
| • Wali (Governor) | Mohamed Mhidia |
| • President | Abdenbi Bioui |
| Area | |
| • Total | 90,127 km2 (34,798 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 2,314,346 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Oriental région or Oujda region (Arabic: الشرق, romanized: aš-šarq; Berber languages: ⵜⴰⴳⵎⵓⴹⴰⵏⵜ, romanized: tagmuḍant) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco, it is in the northeast Morocco. Its area is 90,127 km². 2,314,346 people lived there at the 2014 census.