Fes

Fes or Fez (, ) is the seicont lairgest ceety o Morocco —efter Casablanca, wi a population o juist ower ane million. It's the caipital o the Fès-Boulemane region.

Fes, the umwhile caipital, is ane o the kintra's fower "imperial ceeties," the ithers bein Rabat, Marrakech an Meknes. It comprises three distinct pairts, Fes el Bali (the auld, wawed ceety), Fes-Jdid (new Fes, hame o the Mellah) an the Ville Nouvelle (the French-creatit, newest section o Fes).

Fes el Bali is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. Its medina, the lairger o the twa medinas o Fes, is believed tae be the warld's lairgest contiguous caur-free urban aurie. The University o Al-Karaouine, foondit in AD 859, is the auldest continuously functionin varsity in the warld.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — Sister ceeties 
Fes is twinned wi:
 Montpellier, Fraunce, syne 1961
 Strasbourg, Fraunce, syne 1961
 Florence, Italy, syne 1961)</small>
 Kairouan, Tunisie, syne 1965
 Saunt Louis, Senegal, syne 1979
 East Jerusalem, Palestine, syne 1982
 Coimbra, Portugal
 Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, syne 2003
 Lahore, Pakistan
 Suwon, Sooth Korea, syne 2003
 İzmir, Turkey, syne 1995
 Puebla, Mexico

 Partnerships 

  Kraków in Poland <small>(syne 1985)''

References

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Category:Populatit places in the Fès-Boulemane Region
Category:Populatit places established in 789
Category:Metropolitan auries o Morocco
Category:Fès-Boulemane Region
Category:Prefecturs o Morocco
Category:Arabic airchitectur