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 the capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl, son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty.
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Localities in the Area
Toulal
Suburb
Toulal is a town and municipality in Meknès Prefecture of the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco.
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
Latitude 33.8979° or 33° 53' 52.4" north | Longitude -5.532° or 5° 31' 55.3" west |
Open Location Code 8C5PVFX9+55 | Population 836,000 |
IATA airport code MEK | United Nations Location Code MA MEK |
Elevation 531 metres (1,742 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 26756035 |
GeoNames ID 2542715 |
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Meknas
- Arabic: Meknes
- Arabic: الحاضرة الإسماعيلية
- Arabic: العاصمة الإسماعيلية
- Arabic: مكناس
- Arabic: مكناسة الزيتون
- Armenian: Մեկնես
- Asturian; Bable: Mequinez
- Avaric: Guazaxo ke Maknas
- 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 Spoken Arabic: مكناس
- Esperanto: Meknes
- Esperanto: Meknès
- Estonian: Meknes
- Finnish: Meknes
- French: Meknès
- Georgian: მეკნესი
- 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 қаласы
- Kazakh: مەكنەس قالاسى
- Korean: 메크네스
- Kurdish: Meknes
- Kurdish: مەکنەس
- Latvian: Meknesa
- Latvian: Miknēsa
- Lithuanian: Meknesas
- Low German; Low Saxon: Meknès
- Macedonian: Мекнес
- Maithili: मेकनेस
- Malay (generic): Meknes
- Maltese: Meknès
- Marathi: मेकनेस
- Moroccan Spoken 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
- Serbo-Croatian: Mknas
- Sicilian: Meknes
- Sinhalese: මෙක්නෙස්
- South Azerbaijani: مکناس
- Spanish: Meknes
- Spanish: Meknès
- Spanish: Mequinez
- Spanish: Mequínez
- Swahili (generic): Meknès
- Swedish: Mekines
- Swedish: Meknes
- Swedish: Meknès
- Tachelhit: Mknas
- 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
- მექნესი
- ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ
Other Places Named Meknes
- Meknès PrefectureMorocco
- MeknesMorocco
- Bassatine Air BaseAirport in Morocco
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Gare de MeknèsRailway station
- Mosquée de Mohammadi المسجد المحمديMosque
- CNOPS MeknèsGovernment office
- Lycée imam al GhazaliCollege
- Gare CTM MeknèsBus station
- CRMEF (Ancien Cpr)College
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