Meknes

E47150

city imperial city

Meknes is a historic imperial city in northern Morocco known for its grand gates, monumental architecture, and UNESCO-listed medina.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Meknes canonical	29
Meknès	7
Meknes medina	3
medina of Meknes	3
Medina of Meknes	2
Meknès Prefecture	2
imperial city of Meknes	2
Historic City of Meknes	1
Meknes Medina	1
Meknes medina souks	1
city of Meknes	1
municipality of Meknes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ imperial city ⓘ
capitalOf	Meknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meknès Prefecture
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Morocco ⓘ
developedAsImperialCityUnder	Sultan Moulay Ismail ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ trade ⓘ
foundedBy	Almoravid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Almoravids
foundedInCentury	11th century ⓘ
hasCityGate	Bab Berdieyinne ⓘ Bab Mansour ⓘ Bab el-Khemis ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasLandmark	Agdal Basin ⓘ Dar El Makhzen ⓘ Heri es-Souani ⓘ Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail ⓘ Medersa Bou Inania of Meknes ⓘ Place El Hedim ⓘ Royal Stables of Meknes ⓘ
hasNewTown	Ville Nouvelle of Meknes ⓘ
hasOldTown	Meknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Meknes Medina
hasUniversity	Moulay Ismail University ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Meknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Historic City of Meknes
heritageListing	UNESCO-listed medina ⓘ
knownFor	grand gates ⓘ historic medina ⓘ imperial architecture ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ surface form: Moroccan Arabic Tamazight ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Morocco ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Fès-Meknès ⓘ
nearbyCity	Fez ⓘ surface form: Fes Rabat ⓘ
partOf	North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb
religionMajority	Sunni Islam ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
transport	railway connection to major Moroccan cities ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1996 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Morocco ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morocco → containsCity → Meknes ⓘ

Meknes → heritageDesignation → Meknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic City of Meknes

Meknes → capitalOf → Meknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknès Prefecture

Meknes → hasOldTown → Meknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknes Medina

Fès-Meknès → contains → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknès

Fès-Meknès → includesImperialCity → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknès

Fès-Meknès → hasHistoricCity → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknès

Azrou → hasNearbyCity → Meknes ⓘ

Aguelmame Sidi Ali → accessibleFrom → Meknes ⓘ

Nîmes → twinCity → Meknes ⓘ

Aubagne, France → twinnedWith → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Aubagne

Volubilis → locatedNear → Meknes ⓘ

Sultan Moulay Ismail → capital → Meknes ⓘ

Bab el-Khemis → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Bab el-Khemis → partOf → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: medina of Meknes

Bab Berdieyinne → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Bab Berdieyinne → partOf → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: medina of Meknes

Bab Berdieyinne → city → Meknes ⓘ

Place El Hedim → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Place El Hedim → adjacentTo → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknes medina

Place El Hedim → governingBody → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: municipality of Meknes

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: medina of Meknes

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail → partOf → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: imperial city of Meknes

Royal Stables of Meknes → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Dar El Makhzen → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Dar El Makhzen (Meknes)

Dar El Makhzen → near → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Dar El Makhzen (Meknes)

this entity surface form: Meknes medina

Agdal Basin → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Moulay Ismail University → city → Meknes ⓘ

Moulay Ismail University → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Heri es-Souani → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknes medina

Heri es-Souani → partOf → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: imperial city of Meknes

Medersa Bou Inania of Meknes → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Fès-Meknès region → contains → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Fès-Meknès

this entity surface form: Meknès

Fès-Meknès region → hasImperialCity → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Fès-Meknès

this entity surface form: Meknès

Fès-Meknès region → hasHistoricCity → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Fès-Meknès

this entity surface form: Meknès

Fès-Meknès region → hasMajorCity → Meknes ⓘ

subject surface form: Fès-Meknès

this entity surface form: Meknès

Ville Nouvelle of Meknes → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Ville Nouvelle of Meknes → partOf → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Meknes

Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah → birthPlace → Meknes ⓘ

Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah → residence → Meknes ⓘ

Bab Mansour → locatedIn → Meknes ⓘ

Bab Mansour → locatedInOldCity → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina of Meknes

Bab Mansour → near → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meknes medina souks

Moroccan medina → example → Meknes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina of Meknes

Rabbi Shalom Messas → birthPlace → Meknes ⓘ

Rabbi Shalom Messas → residence → Meknes ⓘ

Marinid architecture → region → Meknes ⓘ

Abu Inan Faris → associatedWithCity → Meknes ⓘ