Béni Mellal-Khénifra

Béni Mellal-Khénifra (Arabic: بني ملال - خنيفرة, romanized: banī mallāl - ḵunayfira) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 28,374 km2 and recorded a population of 2,520,776 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Beni Mellal.

Beni Mellal-Khenifra
بني ملال - خنيفرة (Arabic)/ⵜⴰⵎⵏⴰⴹⵜ ⵏ ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ ⵅⵏⵉⴼⵕⴰ (Standard Moroccan Tamazight)
Region
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 32.46°N 6.35°W / 32.46; -6.35
Country Morocco
CreatedSeptember 2015
CapitalBeni Mellal
Government
  TypeGovernor–regional council
  WaliMohamed Derdouri
  Council presidentIbrahim Moujahid
Area
  Total28,374 km2 (10,955 sq mi)
Population
 (1 September 2014)
  Total2,520,776
  Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
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