Guelmim-Es Semara () was one of the sixteen former regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of and had a population of 501,921 (2014 census). The regional capital was Guelmim.

Geography

The southern half of Guelmin-Es Semara formed part of the Western Sahara. The region was bordered to the north by Souss-Massa-Drâa and to the west by Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, with the Algerian province of Tindouf to the east. Its disputed territory in the Western Sahara bordered the Mauritanian Tiris Zemmour Region. Guelmin-Es Semara had a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, with the Spanish Canary Islands lying off it. The Draa River, at 1,100 km the longest in Morocco, flowed through the region into the Atlantic Ocean near Tan-Tan.

Guelmim-Es Semara

The region was made up of the following provinces:

Guelmim-Es Semara

Assa-Zag Province

Es Smara Province

Guelmim Province

Tan-Tan Province

Tata Province

Municipalities by population (2004 census)

Guelmim-Es Semara

Guelmin, Guelmim Province: 95,599

Tan-Tan, Tan-Tan Province: 60,560

Es Semara, Es Smara Province: 33,910

Tata, Tata Province: 15,192

Bouizakarne, Guelmim Province: 11,982

Assa, Assa-Zag Province: 11,667

Foum Zguid, Tata Province: 9,611

Zag, Assa-Zag Province: 7,751

El Ouatia, Tan-Tan Province: 6,294

Akka, Tata Province: 6,312

Fam El Hisn, Tata Province: 6,183

References

Former regions of Morocco

Geography of Western Sahara

States and territories established in 1997

States and territories disestablished in 2015