Marrakech

Marrakech, also spelt Marrakesh, is one of the imperial cities of . Marrakech is the main tourist destination in Morocco. The city is divided into two parts: the Medina, the historical city, and the new European modern district called Gueliz or Ville Nouvelle.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jemaa el-Fnaa and Majorelle Garden.

, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter of , Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.

Park
The is a one-hectare botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in , Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by French architect Paul Sinoir in the 1930s.

Aerodrome
Photo: Jason7825, Public domain.
is an serving , the capital city of the region in Morocco. It is an international facility that receives several European flights as well as flights from , the Arab world nations and from 2024, flights from .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include L’Hivernage.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.

Marrakech

Latitude
31.6362° or 31° 38′ 10″ north
Longitude
-8.0104° or 8° 0′ 38″ west
Population
1,330,000
Elevation
455 metres (1,493 feet)
Open location code
8C3HJXPQ+FR
Geo­Names ID
6547285
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Vlaams—“Marrakech” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Murrakusy
  • Afrikaans: Marrakesj
  • Arabic: إقليم مراكش
  • Arabic: مراكش
  • Aragonese: Marráquex
  • Basque: Marrakex
  • Belarusian: Горад Маракеш
  • Bengali: মারাক্কেশ
  • Bulgarian: Маракеш
  • Catalan: Marràqueix
  • Chechen: Марракеш
  • Chinese: 马拉喀什
  • Chuvash: Марракеш
  • Czech: Marrákéš
  • Dutch: Marrakesh
  • Esperanto: Marakeŝo
  • French: Marrakech
  • French: Province de Marrakech
  • Georgian: მარაქეში
  • German: Marrakesch
  • Greek: Μαρακές
  • Hebrew: מרקש
  • Hungarian: Marrákes
  • Indonesian: Marrakesh
  • Japanese: マラケシュ
  • Kabyle: Merrakec
  • Kazakh: Марракеш қаласы
  • Kirghiz: Марракеш
  • Korean: 마라케시
  • Kurdish: Marakeş
  • Ladino: Marrakesh
  • Latin: Marrochium
  • Latvian: Marrākeša
  • Lithuanian: Marakešas
  • Low German: Marrakesch
  • Macedonian: Маракеш
  • Malayalam: മരാക്കേഷ്
  • Marathi: माराकेश
  • Nepali: मर्राकेशको मदिना
  • Occitan (post 1500): Marraquèsh
  • Ossetian: Марракеш
  • Panjabi: ਮਰਾਕਿਸ਼
  • Persian: مراکش
  • Polish: Marrakesz
  • Portuguese: Marraquexe
  • Russian: Марракеш
  • Samogitian: Marakešos
  • Serbian: Маракеш
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marakeš
  • Shona: Marrakesh
  • Slovak: Murrákuš
  • Thai: มาร์ราคิช
  • Turkish: Marakeş
  • Ukrainian: Марракеш
  • Urdu: مراکش
  • Uzbek: Marokash
  • Vlaams: Marrakesh

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include El Harti Stadium and Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Marrakech”. Photo: FoxLimaOscar, CC BY-SA 3.0.