Region · Middle Atlas

Beni Mellal-Khenifra

3 places in Beni Mellal-Khenifra, each with its own story. From north to south.

KhenifraKhenifra lies on the Oum Er-Rbia in the western foothills of the Middle Atlas; in 1688 Sultan Moulay Ismail had a kasbah and a bridge built here. The municipality had 123,738 inhabitants in 2024.
KhouribgaKhouribga lies on the phosphate plateau west of the Middle Atlas and owes its growth to the phosphate deposits that have been mined since 1921. The municipality had 195,931 inhabitants in 2024. Since 2014 a 187-kilometre pipeline has carried the phosphate as slurry to the Jorf Lasfar industrial platform.
Beni MellalA city at the foot of the Middle and High Atlas, lying between 480 and 620 metres, overlooked by the 2,240-metre Tassemit.