Meski
Meski is a big village in Errachidia Province in the Drâa-Tafilalet region of Morocco. It has more than 1,000 inhabitants. It was the location of a battle between French and Berber forces in the Zaian War on 15 January 1919 where General Joseph-François Poeymirau defeated Sidi Mhand n'Ifrutant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Morocco
- Also known as: “Akka Meskine”, “Maski”, “Mesky”, and “Oued Meski”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tazenakht.
Tazenakht
Village
Photo: Theoliane, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tazenakht is a village in Errachidia Province, in the Drâa-Tafilalet region in southeastern Morocco. Tazenakht is situated 4½ km northwest of Meski.
Meski
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.85938° or 31° 51′ 34″ northLongitude
-4.28005° or 4° 16′ 48″ westElevation
973 metres (3,192 feet)Open location code
8C3QVP59+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 439194523OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Irish—“Meski” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسكي”
- Dutch: “Meski”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسكى”
- French: “Meski”
- Irish: “Meski”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meski”. Photo: Chrizirox, CC BY-SA 3.0.