Fes el Bali

Fes el Bali is the oldest part of . It is one of the three main districts of Fez, along with and the French-created Ville Nouvelle.
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  • Type: Suburb with 156,000 residents
  • Description: quarter of Fes, Morocco
  • Also known as: “Fās al-Bālī”, “Fes al Bali”, “Fès al Bali”, “Fès al-Bali”, “Fès l’Ancienne”, “Fès le Vieux”, “Fès-l’Ancien”, “Fès-Médina ⴼⴰⵙ-ⵎⴷⵉⵏⴰ فاس-المدينة”, “Medina”, “Medina of Fez”, “Old Fes”, “Old Fez”, and “非斯的阿拉伯人聚居區”
  • Address: Fès, Fès

Places of Interest

Highlights: Bou Inania Madrasa and Bab Bou Jeloud.

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The or Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa…

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is an ornate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco.

Museum
Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.
Dar Batḥa, or Qasr al-Batḥa, is a former royal palace and present-day museum in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Fes and Mellah.

Quarter
Photo: Robert Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fes Jdid or Fes el-Jdid is one of the three parts of Fez, the second largest city of .

Neighborhood
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The of Fez is the historic Jewish quarter of , .

Fes el Bali

Latitude
34.0631° or 34° 3′ 47″ north
Longitude
-4.9738° or 4° 58′ 26″ west
Population
156,000
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8C6Q327G+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2184888154
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2548880
Wiki­data ID
Q29080943
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fes el Bali” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاس البالي”
  • Arabic: “فاس المدينة”
  • Armenian: “Ֆես էլ-Բալի”
  • Basque: “Fez el Bali”
  • Burmese: “ဖက်ဇ် အယ်လ် ဘာလီ”
  • Catalan: “Fes el Bali”
  • Chinese: “非斯古城”
  • Dutch: “Fes el Bali”
  • French: “Fès el-Bali”
  • French: “Fès-Médina”
  • Georgian: “ფეს-ელ-ბალი”
  • German: “Fes el Bali”
  • Hindi: “फ़ास अल बाली”
  • Indonesian: “Fes el Bali”
  • Italian: “Fes el-Bali”
  • Japanese: “フェス旧市街”
  • Macedonian: “Фес ел-Бали”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “فاس البالي”
  • Persian: “فاس البالی”
  • Russian: “Фес эль-Бали”
  • Slovenian: “Fes el-Bali”
  • Spanish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Swedish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Swedish: “Fès el-Bali”
  • Tamil: “பழைய ஃபெஸ் நகரம்”
  • Thai: “ฟาสอัลบาลัย”
  • Turkish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Turkish: “Fesü’l-Bali”
  • Ukrainian: “Фес-ель-Балі”
  • Urdu: “فاس البالی”
  • Vietnamese: “Fes el Bali”

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