Meknes
Meknes is a city in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco. Fez driving you nuts? Nearby 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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Meknes
- Location: Middle Atlas, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
- Population: 520,000
- IATA airport code: MEK
- United Nations Location Code: MA MEK
- Latitude: 33.8935° or 33° 53' 36.7" north
- Longitude: -5.5473° or 5° 32' 50.2" west
- Elevation: 531 meters (1742 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 2542715
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Other Names for Meknes
- Arabic: مكناس
- Berber languages: ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ
- Bulgarian: Мекнес
- Czech: Meknes
- Dutch: Meknes
- French: Meknès
- German: Meknès
- Hebrew: מקנס
- Indonesian: Meknes
- Italian: Meknes
- Japanese: メクネス
- Macedonian: Мекнес
- Norwegian: Meknes
- Persian: مکناس
- Polish: Meknes
- Portuguese: Meknès
- Russian: Мекнес
- Spanish: Mequinez
- Swedish: Meknes
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