What is the population of Salé?
Salé has a city population of 972,299. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Morocco · Africa
Salé
City population
972,299
#6
in Morocco
#2
in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
#573
worldwide
34.053, -6.798 · 5 km from Rabat
About Salé
Morocco's sixth-largest city by population, Salé holds 972,299 residents and accounts for 2.5% of the national total. It lies 5 km from Rabat, the capital, and ranks second within the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region. Salé Al Jadida (200,000) and Temara (342,345) are among several cities within 17 km of the city proper.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 26
Elevation
34 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Casablanca
Coordinates
34.053, -6.798
Record updated
2024-01-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 176 in MoroccoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Salé | 972K |
Salé Population FAQ
Where is Salé?
Salé is in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco, 5 km from the capital, Rabat. Its coordinates are 34.053, -6.798.
How big is Salé compared with other cities in Morocco?
It is the 6th largest of the 176 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Morocco, holding 2.5% of the national population.