Mellah
A mellah is the place of residence historically assigned to Jewish communities in Morocco. The urban mellah, as it exists in numerous cities and large towns, is a Jewish quarter enclosed by a wall and a fortified gateway, typically near the residence of the sultan or governor.Photo: Misa.stefanovic.07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Demnate.
Demnate
Town
Photo: Khalid600, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Demnate is a town in central Morocco, located at the foot of the high Atlas Mountains roughly 110 km east of Marrakesh. The majority of the population speaks Berber; the local dialect is Tashelheit, as well as Darija and some French.
Mellah
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: walled Jewish quarter of a city in Morocco
- Categories: Jewish quarter, ethnic enclave, and locality
- Location: Demnate, Azilal Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.73403° or 31° 44′ 3″ northLongitude
-7.0023° or 7° 0′ 8″ westOpen location code
8C3JPXMX+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8319393158OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q1331767
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mellah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الملاح”
- Arabic: “حي الملاح”
- Arabic: “ملاح”
- Catalan: “Mallah”
- Catalan: “Mellah”
- Dutch: “Mellah”
- Estonian: “Mellah”
- Finnish: “Mellah”
- French: “El Mellah”
- French: “Mellah”
- German: “Mellah”
- Hebrew: “מלאח”
- Indonesian: “Mellah”
- Italian: “Mellah”
- Japanese: “メッラー”
- Japanese: “メッラーフ”
- Korean: “멜라”
- Ladino: “Mellah de Marrakesh”
- Persian: “ملاح (محله)”
- Persian: “ملاح”
- Portuguese: “Mellah”
- Russian: “Мелла”
- Spanish: “barrio judío”
- Spanish: “judería”
- Spanish: “Mellah”
- Turkish: “mellah”
- Urdu: “ملاح (مراکش)”
- Urdu: “ملاح”
- Walloon: “Mella”
- Western Panjabi: “ملاح (المغرب)”
- Western Panjabi: “ملاح”
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