Meknes

Meknes
مكناس
City
Clockwise from top: Place el-Hedim and Bab Mansour, Sahrij es-Swani, Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, Bou Inania Madrasa, Bab el-Khemis
Official seal of Meknes
Seal
Meknes is located in Morocco
Meknes
Meknes
Location in Morocco
Meknes is located in Africa
Meknes
Meknes
Meknes (Africa)
Coordinates: 33°53′42″N 5°33′17″W / 33.89500°N 5.55472°W / 33.89500; -5.55472
Country Morocco
RegionFès-Meknès
PrefectureMeknes
Government
 • MayorAbdellah Bouanou[1]
 • PrefectAbdelghani Sebbar[2]
Area
 • Total
370 km2 (140 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
546 m (1,792 ft)
Population
 (September 2014)[6]
 • Total
632,079
 • Rank6th in Morocco[6]
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
 • Municipality
520,428[4][5]
 [a][4]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)WEST (UTC+01:00)
Postal code
50000
Websitewww.meknes.ma
Historic City of Meknes
UNESCO World Heritage Site
CriteriaCultural: iv
Reference793
Inscription1996 (20th Session)
  1. ^ In the 2014 census, the High Commission for Planning gave the legal population of the city of Meknes as 632,079,[6] which corresponds to the combined population of the municipalities of Meknes, Al Machouar – Stinia, Toulal and Ouislane.[5] The municipality of Meknes proper recorded a population of 520,428 in the 2014 census.[5]

Meknes (Arabic: مكناس, romanized: maknās, pronounced [maknaːs]) 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 during the reign of Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif (1672–1727), son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty. Sultan Ismail created a massive imperial palace complex and endowed the city with extensive fortifications and monumental gates.[7] The city recorded a population of 632,079 in the 2014 Moroccan census.[6] It is the seat of Meknès Prefecture and an important economic hub in the region of Fès-Meknès.

  1. ^ "Mayor roles and responsibilities", Meknes Web Site, web: Meknes Web Site
  2. ^ "Prefect Biography", Meknes Web Site, web: Meknes Web Site
  3. ^ "Meknes Elevation and Altitude", Elevationmap.net, web: Map Website
  4. ^ a b "التعريف بالمدينة" (in Arabic). Meknes City Council. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Note de présentation des premiers résultats du Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014" (in French). High Commission for Planning. 20 March 2015. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Historic City of Meknes". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2020-08-04.