Meknes
Morocco /
Meknes-Tafilalet /
Meknes /
World
/ Morocco
/ Meknes-Tafilalet
/ Meknes
, 4 km from center (مكناس)
World / Morocco / Meknès - Tafilalet / Meknès / NA (Maknassat Azzaytoun)
city, invisible, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Meknes (Arabic: مكناس, Berber: ⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ Mknas or Ameknas, French: Meknès, Spanish: Mequinez) is a city in northern Morocco, 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway. Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail (1672–1727), before it was relocated to Marrakech. The population is 785,000 (2010 census). It is the capital of the Meknes-Tafilalet region. Meknes is named after a Berber tribe which was known as Miknasa (native Berber name: Imeknasen) in the medieval North African sources.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meknes
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°52'37"N 5°31'57"W
- Hay Ain Maàza 0.5 km
- ZAHWA 0.7 km
- BELLE VUE 3 المنظر الجميل 0.9 km
- Old runway 08/26 1.4 km
- Hay Hassan Ibn Noamane 1.4 km
- 9ACHLA INTENDANCE 1.4 km
- Hôpital militaire Moulay Ismail 1.6 km
- 2ème Base Aérienne 1.9 km
- Bassatine Air Base 2 km
- Runway 09/27 2.1 km
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