Meknes
Meknes is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl, son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty.
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Notable Places in the Area
Meknes
- Type: City
- Description: City in Morocco
- Categories: urban commune of Morocco, big city and prefecture of Morocco
- Location: Middle Atlas, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
- Population: 836,000
- IATA airport code: MEK
- United Nations Location Code: MA MEK
- Latitude: 33.8978° or 33° 53' 52.1" north
- Longitude: -5.532° or 5° 31' 55.1" west
- Elevation: 531 metres (1742 feet)
- OpenStreetMap ID: node 26756035
- GeoNames ID: 2542715
Also Known As
- Arabic: الحاضرة الإسماعيلية
- Arabic: العاصمة الإسماعيلية
- Arabic: مكناس
- Arabic: مكناسة الزيتون
- Armenian: Մեկնես
- Asturian: Mequinez
- Bashkir: Мекнес
- Basque: Meknes
- Belarusian: Мекнес
- Belarusian: Мэкнэс
- Bengali: মেকনাস
- Bulgarian: Мекнес
- Catalan: Meknes
- Catalan: Meknès
- Catalan: Mequines
- Cebuano: Meknès
- Chinese: メクネス
- Chinese: 梅克內斯
- Chinese: 梅克内斯
- Chuvash: Мекнес
- Corsican: Meknes
- Croatian: Meknes
- Czech: Meknes
- Czech: Meknès
- Danish: Meknes
- Danish: Meknès
- Dutch: Meknes
- Dutch: Meknez
- Dutch: Meknès
- Egyptian Arabic: مكناس
- Esperanto: Meknes
- Esperanto: Meknès
- Estonian: Meknes
- Finnish: Meknes
- French: Meknès
- Georgian: მეკნესი
- Georgian: მექნესი
- German: Meknes
- German: Meknès
- Greek: Μεκνές
- Guarani: Mekine
- Gujarati: મેકનેસ
- Hausa: Ameknas
- Hebrew: מקנס
- Hindi: मेकनेस
- Hungarian: Meknesz
- Indonesian: Meknes
- Italian: Mekhnes
- Italian: Meknes
- Italian: Meknès
- Japanese: メクネス
- Japanese: 古都メクネス
- Kabyle: Meknas
- Kannada: ಮೆಕ್ನೆಸ್
- Kazakh: Meknes qalası
- Kazakh: Мекнес
- Kazakh: Мекнес қаласы
- Kazakh: مەكنەس قالاسى
- Korean: 메크네스
- Kurdish: Meknes
- Kurdish: مەکنەس
- Latvian: Meknesa
- Latvian: Miknēsa
- Lithuanian: Meknesas
- Low German: Meknès
- Macedonian: Мекнес
- Maithili: मेकनेस
- Malay: Meknes
- Maltese: Meknès
- Marathi: मेकनेस
- Moroccan Arabic: مكناس
- Nepali: मेकनेस
- Norwegian: Meknes
- Norwegian: Meknès
- Norwegian Bokmål: Meknes
- Norwegian Bokmål: Meknès
- Persian: مکناس
- Polish: Meknes
- Polish: Meknès
- Polish: Miknas
- Portuguese: Meknes
- Portuguese: Meknès
- Portuguese: Mequinez
- Romanian: Meknes
- Romanian: Meknès
- Russian: Мекнес
- Scots: Meknes
- Serbian: Meknes
- Serbian: Мекнес
- Serbian: مكناس
- Serbo-Croatian: Meknes
- Sicilian: Meknes
- Silesian: Meknes
- Sinhala: මෙක්නෙස්
- South Azerbaijani: مکناس
- Spanish: Meknes
- Spanish: Meknès
- Spanish: Mequinez
- Spanish: Mequínez
- Swedish: Mekines
- Swedish: Meknes
- Swedish: Meknès
- Tamil: மெக்னாஸ்
- Telugu: మెక్నెస్
- Thai: Meknes
- Thai: แม็กแน็ส
- Turkish: Meknes
- Twi: Meknes
- Ukrainian: Мекнес
- Urdu: Meknes
- Urdu: Meknès
- Urdu: مکناس
- Uzbek: Meknes
- Uzbek: Miknas
- Uzbek: Miknas Ulzaytun
- Uzbek: Miknas ulzaytun
- Vietnamese: Meknes
- Vlaams: Meknes
- Waray (Philippines): Meknes
- Welsh: Meknes
- Welsh: Meknès
- Western Panjabi: مکناس
- Wu Chinese: 梅克内斯
- Yiddish: מעקנעס
- Yue Chinese: 梅克內斯
- Mekinez
- Meknès ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ مكناس
- ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ
In the Area
Localities
- El Menzeh
- Hay Tzzanoua3 km south
- Hay Ezzaytoune4 km southwest
- Hri Mansour4 km southwest
- Hay El Amal5 km south
- Hay Zaytouna5 km southeast
Landmarks
- Gare de MeknèsRailroad station
- Aïn SlouguiSpring, 2 km east
- Bassatine Air BaseAirport, 2½ km southeast
- MeknèsKatineAirfield, 3 km southeast
- Aïn el KernibSpring, 3 km northeast
- Mausolée de Moulay IsmaïlMonument, 3 km west
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