"Oriental (Arabic: الشرق, romanized: aš-šarq; Berber languages: ⵜⴰⴳⵎⵓⴹⴰⵏⵜ, romanized: tagmuḍant) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco, located in the north-eastern part of the country. It covers ...
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an area of 90,127 km² and has a population of 2,314,346 (2014 census) and is the easternmost region of Morocco.
The capital and the largest city is Oujda, and the second largest city is Nador. The region includes 7 provinces and one prefecture. Mohamed Mhidia became wali (governor) of the region in 2015.
A majority of the population of Oriental speak Moroccan Arabic (86.2%) as a first or second language. A large minority speak the Rif-Berber language (38.4%) as a first language. Small numbers speak Eastern Middle Atlas Tamazight and Figuig Tamazight, principally in the south of Oriental." - (en.wikipedia.org 19.12.2021)
- Latitude34.683334350586
- Longitude-1.8999999761581
