Geography/API v2

Get a province or prefecture

GET/api/v2/provinces/{code}

Good to know. HCP reference: regions, provinces and communes. Codes are MoroccoAPI identifiers.

Understand the context

A region contains provinces and prefectures, which contain urban or rural communes (local authorities). Some communes are divided into arrondissements (urban districts). For example, Casablanca is a commune within the Casablanca-Settat region; an arrondissement is not a region. HCP is Morocco’s national statistics office; RGPH is its population census.

Read the response

data: The requested results, as an object or an array.

meta: Dataset sources, license and dates. null means unknown or unavailable.

API v2 is the canonical path. Older /api/v1 paths remain compatibility aliases for the currently published behavior, including pagination; no removal date is scheduled.

Response fields 10

[] means each item in a list. null means unknown or unavailable, never zero. The guide language does not translate source values.

dataobject

Requested result: a single object or a list.

data.codestring

MoroccoAPI resource identifier; use it in the corresponding resource URLs.

data.hcp_codestring

Code from HCP, Morocco’s national statistics office. Keep it as text to preserve leading zeros.

data.typestring

Kind of resource. Possible values are listed below.

Accepted values: "province_or_prefecture"

data.administrative_typestring

province or prefecture: two categories at the same administrative level, below a region.

Accepted values: "province" "prefecture"

data.nameobject

Resource name, grouped by language where applicable.

data.name.arstring

Arabic value; null when no translation is provided.

data.name.frstring

French value; null when no translation is provided.

data.name.enstring | null

English value; null when no translation is provided.

data.region_codestring

Identifier of the parent region, Morocco’s first administrative level.

Data structure

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "data",
    "meta"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "code",
        "hcp_code",
        "type",
        "administrative_type",
        "name",
        "region_code"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "hcp_code": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[0-9]{2}\\.[0-9]{3}$"
        },
        "type": {
          "enum": [
            "province_or_prefecture"
          ]
        },
        "administrative_type": {
          "enum": [
            "province",
            "prefecture"
          ]
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": [
            "ar",
            "fr",
            "en"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "ar": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "fr": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "en": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "nullable": true,
                  "enum": [
                    null
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "region_code": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "dataset",
        "total",
        "license",
        "retrieved_at",
        "transformation_version",
        "sources"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "dataset": {
          "enum": [
            "administrative-provinces"
          ]
        },
        "total": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0
        },
        "license": {
          "enum": [
            "CC-BY-4.0"
          ]
        },
        "retrieved_at": {
          "enum": [
            "2026-09-26"
          ]
        },
        "transformation_version": {
          "enum": [
            "3.1.0"
          ]
        },
        "sources": {
          "type": "array",
          "minItems": 1,
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": false,
            "required": [
              "dataset",
              "producer",
              "source_url",
              "resource_url",
              "license",
              "source_updated_at"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "dataset": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "producer": {
                "enum": [
                  "Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP)"
                ]
              },
              "source_url": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "uri"
              },
              "resource_url": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "uri"
              },
              "license": {
                "enum": [
                  "CC-BY-4.0"
                ]
              },
              "source_updated_at": {
                "enum": [
                  "2024-11-22"
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Sources and pagination 13

metaobject

Result context: sources, dates, license and pagination where applicable.

meta.datasetstring

Name of the dataset for this result or source.

Accepted values: "administrative-provinces"

meta.totalinteger

Number of matching records before pagination; not the size of this page.

meta.licensestring

Reuse license. mixed means licenses differ: inspect each source.

Accepted values: "CC-BY-4.0"

meta.retrieved_atstring

Date the project retrieved the source file; not the observation date.

Accepted values: "2026-09-26"

meta.transformation_versionstring

Version of the dataset conversion rules; separate from the API version.

Accepted values: "3.1.0"

meta.sourcesobject[]

Sources used for this result, with their publishers and licenses.

meta.sources[].datasetstring

Name of the dataset for this result or source.

meta.sources[].producerstring

Organization publishing the original data.

Accepted values: "Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP)"

meta.sources[].source_urlstring

Source publication or dataset landing page.

meta.sources[].resource_urlstring

Link to the actual file or resource used.

meta.sources[].licensestring

Reuse license. mixed means licenses differ: inspect each source.

Accepted values: "CC-BY-4.0"

meta.sources[].source_updated_atstring

Last update reported by the source; not the retrieval date.

Accepted values: "2024-11-22"

Errors

400: Invalid or missing parameter.
404: Resource not found.

Errors return error.code, error.message and error.request_id.

errorobject: Details of a failed request; replaces data and meta.
error.codestring: Stable error code, such as RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND; use it in application logic.
error.messagestring: Human-readable error explanation; use code for application logic.
error.request_idstring: Identifier for this request, useful when reporting a problem.

Get a province or prefecture

Parameters

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