City in Fès-Meknès, Morocco
Meknes
مكناس
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Location in Morocco
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Show map of Africa Coordinates: 33°53′42″N 5°33′17″W / 33.89500°N 5.55472°W / 33.89500; -5.55472 Country Morocco Region Fès-Meknès Prefecture Meknes • Mayor Abdellah Bouanou[ 1] • Prefect Abdelghani Sebbar[ 2] • Total
370 km2 (140 sq mi) Elevation 546 m (1,792 ft) • Total
632,079 • Rank 6th in Morocco [ 6] • Density 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) • Municipality
520,428[ 4] [ 5] [ a] [ 4] Time zone UTC+1 (CET ) • Summer (DST ) WEST (UTC+01:00)Postal code 50000
Website www .meknes .ma UNESCO World Heritage Site
^ 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 .
^ "Mayor roles and responsibilities", Meknes Web Site, web: Meknes Web Site
^ "Prefect Biography", Meknes Web Site, web: Meknes Web Site
^ "Meknes Elevation and Altitude", Elevationmap.net, web: Map Website
^ a b "التعريف بالمدينة" (in Arabic). Meknes City Council. Retrieved 25 October 2017 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Historic City of Meknes" . UNESCO World Heritage Centre . Retrieved 2020-08-04 .