🇲🇦 Cities in Morocco — API & JSON data

Morocco has 32,524 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, at 3,215,935 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 11 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Morocco cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Casablanca	Casablanca-Settat	3,215,935
Tangier	Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	1,275,428
Fez	Fès-Meknès	1,167,842
Marrakesh	Marrakesh-Safi	1,002,697
Salé	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	945,101
Meknes	Fès-Meknès	551,503
Hay Hassani	Casablanca-Settat	537,509
Rabat	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	509,916
Kenitra	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	507,736
Oujda	Oriental	506,224

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=ma&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "d9d9e46a-d123-40c1-9518-11c30fe938f8",
    "name": "Casablanca",
    "population": 3215935,
    "countryName": "Morocco",
    "countryCode": "MA",
    "countryEmoji": "🇲🇦",
    "regionName": "Casablanca-Settat"
  },
  {
    "id": "e6ee687d-bcc9-49e8-ab23-79064b77831d",
    "name": "Tangier",
    "population": 1275428,
    "countryName": "Morocco",
    "countryCode": "MA",
    "countryEmoji": "🇲🇦",
    "regionName": "Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima"
  },
  {
    "id": "38171d9b-b3d9-4f55-8242-7f303e8e397b",
    "name": "Fez",
    "population": 1167842,
    "countryName": "Morocco",
    "countryCode": "MA",
    "countryEmoji": "🇲🇦",
    "regionName": "Fès-Meknès"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ma&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ma&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Morocco are available in 11 languages.

en: Casablanca
ar: الدار البيضاء
es: Casablanca

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Morocco cities as JSON (748 KB, no API key) from the Morocco cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Morocco does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 32,524 cities in Morocco across 12 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Morocco city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Morocco are available in 11 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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