Meknes (mar)

Meknes

Meknes ranks 2,581st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, Michigan, Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine, and Fukuchiyama, Kyoto. Memorable people born in Meknes include Yusef of Morocco, Aryeh Deri, and Abdeljalil Hadda. Memorable people who died in Meknes include Ismail Ibn Sharif, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, and Mohammed ben Abdallah. Meknes has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians. Meknes is located in Morocco.

Meknes 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. The city recorded a population of 632,079 in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is the seat of Meknès Prefecture and an important economic hub in the region of Fès-Meknès. Read more on Wikipedia