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Aït-Benhaddou

Aït Benhaddou is a historic ighrem or ksar along the former caravan route between the and in . It is considered a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
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  • Type: Town with 50 residents
  • Description: Historical village in southeastern Morocco
  • Also known as: “Aït Ben Hadou”, “Ait Benhaddou”, “Aït Benhaddou”, “Ait Haddou”, “Ath Benhadu”, and “Ksar of Aït Benhaddou”
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Aït-Benhaddou

Latitude
31.0452° or 31° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
-7.131° or 7° 7′ 52″ west
Population
50
Elevation
1,280 metres (4,199 feet)
Open location code
8C3J2VW9+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 365060850
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2560358
Wiki­data ID
Q309436
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aït-Benhaddou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آيت بن حدو”
  • Arabic: “قصر آيت بن حدو”
  • Arabic: “قصر أيت بن حدو”
  • Armenian: “Այաթ Բեն Հադդու”
  • Asturian: “Ksar de Ait Ben Hadu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ayt-Ben-Xaddu”
  • Bashkir: “Әйт-Бен-Хадду”
  • Basque: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Belarusian: “Айт-Бэн-Гаду”
  • Bengali: “আইত বেনহাদ্দো”
  • Bulgarian: “Айт Бен Хаду”
  • Catalan: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Catalan: “Ksar d’Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Catalan: “Ksar d’Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Chinese: “埃本哈杜”
  • Chinese: “艾本哈杜”
  • Chinese: “阿伊特•本•哈杜筑垒村”
  • Chinese: “阿伊特•本•哈杜築壘村”
  • Chinese: “阿伊特本哈杜”
  • Croatian: “Ait Ben Haddou”
  • Croatian: “Aït Ben Haddou”
  • Croatian: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Czech: “Ait Ben Haddou”
  • Dagbani: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Danish: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Dutch: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • Dutch: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Dutch: “Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Dutch: “AitBenHaddou”
  • Dutch: “Ksar van AitBenHaddou”
  • Esperanto: “Ait-Ben-Hadu”
  • Finnish: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Finnish: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • French: “Aït Ben Haddou”
  • French: “Aït Benhaddou Tighremt Abdellah Mohammed”
  • French: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • French: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • French: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • French: “Aït-ben-Haddou”
  • French: “Ksar Aït-ben-Haddou”
  • French: “Ksar d’Aït-ben-Haddou”
  • Georgian: “აით ბენ ჰადუ”
  • Georgian: “აით-ბენ-ჰადუ”
  • German: “Ait Ben Haddou”
  • German: “Ait Ben Haddu”
  • German: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • German: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • German: “Ait Benhaddu”
  • German: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • German: “Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • German: “Aït-Benhaddou”
  • German: “Ksar Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Greek: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Greek: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Greek: “Αΐτ-Μπεν-Χαντού”
  • Greek: “Πόλη Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Hausa: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Hebrew: “איית בן אדו”
  • Hebrew: “איית בן חדו”
  • Hungarian: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Hungarian: “Ájit Benhaddu”
  • Indonesian: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Italian: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Japanese: “アイット＝ベン＝ハドゥの集落”
  • Korean: “아이트벤하두”
  • Korean: “에잇벤하두”
  • Kotava: “Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Kurdish: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Kurdish: “Qesra Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Lithuanian: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Lithuanian: “Ait Benhadu”
  • Maithili: “ऐत-बेन-हद्दोक सार”
  • Maltese: “Ait Ben Haddou”
  • Maltese: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • Maltese: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Maltese: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Maltese: “Ksar ta‘ Aït Benhaddou”
  • Mingrelian: “აით-ბენ-ჰადუ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “آيت بن حدو”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “قصر آيت بن حدو”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “قصر أيت بن حدو”
  • Nepali: “ऐत-बेन-हद्दोको सार”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Norwegian: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Persian: “آیت بن حدو”
  • Persian: “ایت بن حدو”
  • Polish: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • Polish: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Polish: “Ait Benhaddu”
  • Polish: “Aït Benhaddu”
  • Polish: “Ait-Bin-Haddu”
  • Polish: “Ajt Bin Haddu”
  • Portuguese: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Portuguese: “Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Portuguese: “Ksar de Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Romanian: “Aït-ben-Haddou”
  • Russian: “Айт-Бен-Хадду”
  • Scots: “Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Serbian: “Аит Бен Хадоу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ait Ben Haddou”
  • Slovenian: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Slovenian: “Ksar Ait-Ben-Hadu”
  • Spanish: “Ait Benhaddu”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Ait Ben Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Aït Ben Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Ait Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Aït Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Ait Ben Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Aït Ben Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Ait Ben Hadu”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Ait Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Aït Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Spanish: “Ksar de Aït-Ben-Haddou”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵢⵜ ⵃⴰⴷⴷⵓ”
  • Swahili: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • Swedish: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Swedish: “Ait-Ben-Haddou”
  • Swedish: “Ksar Aït Benhaddou”
  • Tachelhit: “Ayt Bn Ḥddu”
  • Turkish: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Ukrainian: “Айт-Бен-Гадду”
  • Ukrainian: “Айт-Бен-Хадду”
  • Urdu: “آیت بن حدو”
  • Vietnamese: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Welsh: “Ait Benhaddou”
  • Welsh: “Aït Benhaddou”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃本哈杜”

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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 “Aït-Benhaddou”. Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.