Meknes

Meknes is a city in the region of . Meknes is a vibrant, modern city bustling with nightlife, restaurants and an impressive imperial city created in the 17th century by King Moulay Ismaïl, with numerous historical monuments and natural sites; it is also the nearest city to the Roman ruins of Volubilis.
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  • City with 836,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 531 metres (1,742 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MEK
  • Description: city in Morocco
  • Also known as
    “Mekinez”
    “Meknès ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ مكناس”
    “ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail.
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The Mausoleum of Moulay Isma'il is a historic Islamic funerary complex in Meknes, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Machouar – Stinia and Ouislane.
is an Administrative Annex in Meknès of the Fès-Meknès region of .
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is a suburb of Meknes and municipality…

Meknes

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Latitude
33.8984° or 33° 53′ 54″ north
Longitude
-5.5322° or 5° 31′ 56″ west
UN/LOCODE
MA MEK
Open location code
8C5PVFX9+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26756035
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2542715
Wiki­data ID
Q178663

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Meknes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحاضرة الإسماعيلية”
  • Arabic: “العاصمة الإسماعيلية”
  • Arabic: “جماعة مكناس”
  • Arabic: “مكناس”
  • Arabic: “مكناسة الزيتون”
  • Armenian: “Մեկնես”
  • Asturian: “Meknes”
  • Bashkir: “Мекнес”
  • Basque: “Meknes”
  • Belarusian: “Мекнес”
  • Belarusian: “Мэкнэс”
  • Bengali: “মেকনাস”
  • Bengali: “মেকনেস”
  • 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”
  • Dagbani: “Meknes”
  • Danish: “Meknes”
  • Danish: “Meknès”
  • Dutch: “Meknes”
  • Dutch: “Meknès”
  • Dutch: “Meknez”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكناس”
  • Esperanto: “Meknes”
  • Esperanto: “Meknès”
  • Estonian: “Meknes”
  • Finnish: “Meknes”
  • Finnish: “Meknès”
  • French: “Meknès”
  • Georgian: “მეკნესი”
  • Georgian: “მექნესი”
  • German: “Meknes”
  • German: “Meknès”
  • Greek: “Μεκνές”
  • Guarani: “Mekine”
  • Gujarati: “મેકનેસ”
  • Hausa: “Ameknas”
  • Hebrew: “מכנאס”
  • Hebrew: “מקנס”
  • Hindi: “मेकनेस”
  • Hungarian: “Meknesz”
  • Indonesian: “Meknes”
  • Irish: “Meknes”
  • Italian: “Mekhnes”
  • Italian: “Meknes”
  • Italian: “Meknès”
  • Japanese: “メクネス”
  • Japanese: “古都メクネス”
  • Javanese: “Meknes”
  • Kabyle: “Meknas”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಕ್ನೆಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Meknes qalası”
  • Kazakh: “Мекнес қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Мекнес”
  • Kazakh: “مەكنەس قالاسى”
  • Korean: “메크네스”
  • Kotava: “Guazaxo ke Maknas”
  • Kurdish: “Meknes”
  • Kurdish: “مەکنەس”
  • Latvian: “Meknesa”
  • Latvian: “Miknēsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Meknesas”
  • Low German: “Meknès”
  • Macedonian: “Мекнес”
  • Maithili: “मेकनेस”
  • Malay: “Meknes”
  • Maltese: “Meknès”
  • Marathi: “मेकनेस”
  • Moksha: “Мэкнэс”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مكناس”
  • Nepali: “मेकनेस”
  • Northern Frisian: “Meknès”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Meknes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Meknès”
  • Norwegian: “Meknes”
  • Norwegian: “Meknès”
  • Ossetian: “Мекнес”
  • 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”
  • Slovenian: “Meknes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مکناس”
  • Spanish: “Meknes”
  • Spanish: “Meknès”
  • Spanish: “Mequinez”
  • Spanish: “Mequínez”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ”
  • Swahili: “Meknès”
  • Swedish: “Mekines”
  • Swedish: “Meknes”
  • Swedish: “Meknès”
  • Tachelhit: “Mknas”
  • Tajik: “Мекнес”
  • Tamil: “மெக்னாஸ்”
  • Telugu: “మెక్నెస్”
  • Thai: “Meknes”
  • Thai: “แม็กแน็ส”
  • Turkish: “Meknes”
  • Turkish: “Miknas”
  • Twi: “Meknes”
  • Ukrainian: “Мекнес”
  • Urdu: “Meknes”
  • Urdu: “Meknès”
  • Urdu: “مکناس”
  • Uzbek: “Meknes”
  • Uzbek: “Miknas ulzaytun”
  • Uzbek: “Miknas Ulzaytun”
  • Uzbek: “Miknas”
  • Venetian: “Meknes”
  • 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”

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