Meknes

**Meknes** nyɛla  Morocco tiŋ'si anahi puuni yini, ka di be northern central Morocco ka nyɛ tiŋ'shɛli din do buyɔbu daadam biɛli kalinli polo kingdom maa ni. Di pilila 11th century, Almoravids n daa pili li ka di nyɛ linjimanima biɛhigu sheei, Meknes daa niŋla Morocco tiŋ'zuɣu Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif (1672–1727) gɔmnantti tali saha, ŋun daa pili Alaouite dynasty bidibiga. Tiŋa maa daa biɛlim kalinli daa nyɛ 632,079 yuuni 2014 Morocco daadama kalibu ni. Ni ka Meknès Prefecture be ka nyɛ daabiligu yaɣili din kpa talahi lala yaɣili ŋɔ, Fès-Meknès.

## Di ni pili shɛm
Meknes nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ Amazigh (Berber) balli boli ka bɛ booni li taarihi ni Miknasa (, Amazigh languages).

## Taarihi

### Early history (8th–16th centuries)
Volubilis, nyɛla Roman-era ya'nima din be Morocco ka nyɛ luɣ'shɛŋa din daŋ fɔŋ leebu puuni yini, di nyɛ;la din miri Meknes. Di yuli maa nyɛla din yina  Berber zuliya yuli booni Miknasa ni na ka bɛ nyɛ ban daa ʒini lala yaɣili ŋɔ 10th century. 

### Climate
Meknes malila "hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification *Csa*)". 

### Districts - Quartiers (in French)

### Prefecture

Meknes is the seat of the prefecture of Meknès, which consists of 6 municipalities (including the city Meknes) and 15 rural communes.

## Historic monuments and landmarks


File:Meknes Grand Mosque courtyard.jpg|View into the courtyard (*[[sahn]]*) of the Grand Mosque of Meknes
File:Bou Inania Medersa.jpg|The Bou Inania Madrasa
File:Mosque in the old city of Meknes - panoramio.jpg|Nejjarine Mosque
File:Lalla aouda minaret IMG 1327.jpg|Minaret of the Lalla Aouda Mosque
File:Bab berdain mosque DSCF4966.jpg|Bab Berda'in Mosque (pictured after 2010)
File:Meknes sidi ben aissa IMG 1380.jpg|Zawiya of Sidi Mohammed Ben Aissa
File:Zawiya sidi qaddur al-alami DSCF3826.jpg|Zawiya of Sidi Kaddour el-Alami (view of the minaret and outer wall) 


### Fortifications and gates
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File:Bab Mansour Gate.jpg|Bab Mansour al-'Alj
File:Bab jemaa nouar DSCF5778.jpg|Bab Jama' an-Nouar
File:Dar kebira meknes DSCF5945.jpg|Bab ad-Dar al-Kebira
File:Bab el Khemis, Meknes, Marokko.JPG|Bab el-Khemis
File:Bab berdain DSCF4991.jpg|Bab Berda'in
File:Borj belkari.jpg|Borj Belkari  


### Imperial Palaces of Moulay Isma'il


File:Place lalla aouda DSCF5044.jpg|Place Lalla Aouda
File:Dar kebira meknes DSCF5956.jpg|Vaulted passage in the palace ruins of the Dar el-Kebira neighbourhood
File:Mausoleum of moulay ismail DSCF5826.jpg|The Mausoleum complex of Moulay Isma'il
File:Qubba khayyatin IMG 1342.jpg|The Qubbat al-Khayyatin
File:QaraPrison3.jpg|The Qara "Prison"
File:Royal Palace, Meknes.jpg|Ornate gate of the Dar al-Makhzen in Meknes
File:Meknes sahrij IMG 1483.jpg|The Sahrij or Agdal Basin
File:Meknes 6 (39069702785).jpg|Arches of the Heri as-Swani silos

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* **Musée de Meknès (Meknes Museum)**: 

File:Meknes 51DSC 0431 (42778709031).jpg|Entrance to the Meknes Museum
File:Meknes DSC03660 Morocco (15276103936).jpg|Room in the Dar Jamai Museum


### Outlying sites
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File:Volubilis Longshot II.jpg|Ruins of Roman Volubilis
File:Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, Morocco - panoramio (1).jpg|The town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun


#### Major companies

### Services
Many of the services products in Meknes are related to tourism due to the attractions of the old city district (the *medina*).

## Transport

### Rail

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## Shikuru
Meknesn-nyɛ luɣ'shɛli Moulay Ismail University ni be, ka mali bɔhimbu yaɣa din doli ŋɔ na, Di shikuru duri pula yaɣa buta tinsi ata ni: Meknes, Errachidia ni Khenifra.

Din be Meknes:
* Faculty of Sciences - FS, di kpala yuuni1982
* Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences - FLSH, Di kpala yuuni 1982
* Normal Superior School - ENS, created in 1983
* Faculty of Juridical, Economical and Social Sciences - FSJES, Di kpala yuuni1993
* Superior School of Technology - EST, Di kpala yuuni 1993
* National Superior School of the Arts and Professions - ENSAM, Di kpala yuuni 1997
In Errachidia:
* Faculty of Science and Technology - FST, Di kpala yuuni 1994
* Poly disciplinary Faculty - FP, Di kpala yuuni 2006
In Khenifra:
* Superior School of Technology - EST, Di kpala yuuni 2014

## International relations
:Lihi pahi List of twin towns and sister cities in Morocco

### Twin towns – Sister cities
Meknes nyɛla din laɣim ni:

* Cenon, France, tum yuuni 2017
* Nîmes, France, tum yuuni 2005
* Santarém, Portugal, tum yuuni 1989
* Tulkarm, Palestine, tum yuuni 2017

## Niriba ban yuya du
Abdeljalil Hadda, Morocco bl'ŋmɛri kuro
*Aryeh Deri, Israeli siyaasa niŋda
*Aziza Jalal, Arabic Pop baaŋa
*Driss Roukhe, Moroccan actor
*Faouzi Bensaïdi, Moroccan kpɛrikpɛrita
*Khalid Ismail, Moroccan MMA fighter
*H-Kayne, yɛlkparim yiliyiiniba ban be Meknes
*Houcine Toulali - Moroccan Malhun baaŋa mini sasabira
*Karima Abd-Daif, Norwegia siyaasa niŋda
*Laïla Abid, Dutch lahabali wuligira
*Latefa Ahrar, Moroccan kpɛrikpɛrita ŋun nyƐ paɣa
*Malika Akkaoui, Moroccan athlete
*Kaddour El Alamy, Moroccan poet
Chuck Martini (born Choukri Moussaddik), Morocco bol'ŋmɛri kuro
*Muhammad Al Barka, sasabira ni taarihi baŋda
*Mickaël Pariente, sasabira
*Cut Killer, DJ 
*Sara Chafak,  Miss Finland 2012 
*Salah Eddine El Ghomari
*Farid al-Ansari

## Kundivihira

## Bibliography

## External links

* http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/meknes-mar-mek-mek.htm 
* http://looklex.com/morocco/meknes02.htm 
*MeknesCity Newspaper
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