Sijilmasa

Sijilmasa was a medieval Moroccan city and trade entrepôt at the northern edge of the in . The ruins of the town extend for five miles along the River Ziz in the oasis near the town of .
  • Village
  • Description: Medieval Moroccan city, previously the center of Tafilalt (also known from it as Sijilmasa during this period)
  • Also known as
    “Bni M’Hamed-Sijelmassa ⵙⵉⵊⵉⵍⵎⴰⵙⴰ بني امحمد سجلماسة”
    “Segellamesse”
    “Segelmesse”
    “Sidjilmâsâ”
    “Sidjilmassa”
    “Sigelmasse”
    “Sigilmassa”
    “Sijilmassa”
    “Siyilmasa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rissani and Rissani.
is a town in in eastern , located near .
is a town, which is situated 4 km northwest of Sijilmasa.
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Latitude
31.26338° or 31° 15′ 48″ north
Longitude
-4.23192° or 4° 13′ 55″ west
Open location code
8C3Q7Q79+96
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sijilmasa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بني امحمد سجلماسة”
  • Arabic: “سجلماسة”
  • Arabic: “سجلماسه”
  • Aragonese: “Sichilmasa”
  • Asturian: “Sijilmasa”
  • Basque: “Sijilmasa”
  • Bengali: “সিজিলমাসা”
  • Catalan: “Sigilmasa”
  • Catalan: “Sijilmasa”
  • Catalan: “Sijilmassa”
  • Chinese: “斯基爾馬薩埃米爾國”
  • Chinese: “西吉尔马萨”
  • Chinese: “錫吉勒馬薩”
  • Chinese: “锡吉勒马萨”
  • Dutch: “Sijilmasa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجلماسه”
  • Finnish: “Sidjilmasa”
  • Finnish: “Sijilmasa”
  • Finnish: “Sijilmassa”
  • French: “Bni M’Hamed Sijelmassa”
  • French: “Sedjelmesse”
  • French: “Segellamesse”
  • French: “Segelmesse”
  • French: “Sidjelmassa”
  • French: “Sidjilmâsâ”
  • French: “Sidjilmassa”
  • French: “Sidjlimassa”
  • French: “Sigelmasse”
  • French: “Sijelmassa”
  • French: “Sijilmâsa”
  • French: “Sijilmassa”
  • German: “Sidschilmasa”
  • German: “Sijilmassa”
  • Hebrew: “סאגלמאסה”
  • Hebrew: “סגלמאסה”
  • Hebrew: “סגלמסה”
  • Hebrew: “סיג’ילמסה”
  • Hindi: “सिजिलमासा”
  • Indonesian: “Sijilmasa”
  • Irish: “Sijilmasa”
  • Italian: “Sigilmassa”
  • Italian: “Sijilmasa”
  • Italian: “Sijilmassa”
  • Japanese: “シジルマーサ”
  • Japanese: “シジルマサ”
  • Kabyle: “Isgelmasen”
  • Lithuanian: “Sidžilmasa”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “سجيلماسة”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sidjilmasa”
  • Persian: “سجلماسه”
  • Portuguese: “Segelmeça”
  • Portuguese: “Sidjilmasa”
  • Portuguese: “Sijilmasa”
  • Portuguese: “Sijilmassa”
  • Portuguese: “Sjilmasa”
  • Russian: “Сиджилмаса”
  • Russian: “Сиджильмаса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sidžilmasa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sijilmasa”
  • Spanish: “Sigilmasa”
  • Spanish: “Sijilmasa”
  • Spanish: “Sijilmassa”
  • Spanish: “Siyilmasa”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⴳⵍⵎⵓⵙ”
  • Turkish: “Sicilmase”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіджильмаса”
  • Urdu: “سجلماسہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “سجلماسہ”

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