Marrakech
Marrakech, also spelt Marrakesh, is one of the imperial cities of Morocco. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jemaa el-Fnaa and Majorelle Garden.
Jemaa el-Fnaa
Photo: Csörföly D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jemaa el-Fnaa, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
Majorelle Garden
Park
Photo: Viault, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakesh, 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.
Marrakesh Menara Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Jason7825, Public domain.
Marrakesh Menara Airport is an international airport serving Marrakesh, the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region in Morocco. It is an international facility that receives several European flights as well as flights from Casablanca, the Arab world nations and from 2024, flights from North America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include L’Hivernage.
Marrakech
- Also known as: “Marrakesh”
- Location: Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.6362° or 31° 38′ 10″ northLongitude
-8.0104° or 8° 0′ 38″ westPopulation
1,330,000Elevation
455 metres (1,493 feet)Open location code
8C3HJXPQ+FRGeoNames ID
6547285
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Satellite Map
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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
Explore places such as Gueliz and Hivernage.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include El Harti Stadium and Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz.
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