Tan-Tan ( Arabic : طانطان ) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Guelmim-Oued Noun . Its population in 2004 was 70,146. [1]
4-428: The major cities and towns are: [2] The province is divided administratively into the following: 28°26′N 10°06′W / 28.433°N 10.100°W / 28.433; -10.100 This Guelmim-Oued Noun location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guelmim-Oued Noun Guelmim-Oued Noun ( Arabic : ڭلميم-وادي نون , romanized : gulmīm wādī nūn )
8-426: Is one of the twelve regions of Morocco . The region as a whole covers an area of 46,108 km and had a population of 433,757 as of the 2014 Moroccan census . The capital of the region is Guelmim . Guelmim-Oued Noun borders the regions of Souss-Massa to the northeast and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra to the south. It borders Algeria 's Tindouf Province to the east and Mauritania 's Tiris Zemmour Region to
12-559: The former Guelmim-Es Semara region. Abderrahim Ben Bouaida was elected as the regional council's first president on 14 September 2015. He is a member of the National Rally of Independents (RNI). Mohamed Benribak was appointed governor ( wali ) of the region on 13 October 2015. He was succeeded by Mohamed Ennajem Abhai in 2017. Guelmim-Oued Noun comprises four provinces: Fishing is an important economic activity: there are ports at Sidi Ifni and at El Ouatia . Beach tourism
16-656: The southeast. Long stretches of virgin beach line its Atlantic coast in the northwest. The region is bisected by the usually dry lower course of the Draa River which runs east to west. The capital Guelmim and the Noun River ( Arabic : واد نون , Wad Noun ) are located in the north and together give the region its name. Guelmim-Oued Noun was formed in September 2015 by merging Sidi Ifni Province , formerly part of Souss-Massa-Drâa region, with three provinces from
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