Meknes

Summary

Meknes is a city^[1]. Meknes ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Meknes was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[3].
• Meknes is located in Meknès Prefecture^[4].
• Meknes is in the country of Morocco^[5].
• Meknes's image is recorded as Meknes.jpg^[6].
• Meknes's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Meknes's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Meknes's instance of is recorded as urban commune of Morocco^[9].
• Meknes's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Meknes.png^[10].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nîmes^[11].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tulkarm^[12].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santarém^[13].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stralsund^[14].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Orléans^[15].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cenon^[16].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bourg-en-Bresse^[17].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bologna^[18].
• Meknes's twinned administrative body is recorded as East Jerusalem^[19].
• Meknes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129002623^[20].
• Meknes's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80067218^[21].
• Meknes's postal code is recorded as 50000^[22].
• Meknes's part of is recorded as Imperial cities of Morocco^[23].
• Meknes's Commons category is recorded as Meknes^[24].
• Meknes's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2561177^[25].
• Meknes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.883333333333, 'lon': -5.55}^[26].
• Meknes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023jdv^[27].

Body

Geography

Meknes is in the country of Morocco^[5]. Meknes is located in Meknès Prefecture^[4]. Meknes's part of is recorded as Imperial cities of Morocco^[23].

Physical Characteristics

Meknes's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+370'}^[28]. Meknes's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+535'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+393791'}^[30], {'amount': '+469169'}^[31], {'amount': '+520428'}^[32], {'amount': '+319783'}^[33], {'amount': '+601000'}^[34], and {'amount': '+551503'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], big city^[8], and urban commune of Morocco^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Meknes include Fès-Meknès^[36], a region of Morocco^[37], in Morocco^[38], founded in 2015^[39].

Why It Matters

Meknes ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).^[2] Meknes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Meknes is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Meknes include Fès-Meknès^[36], a region of Morocco^[37], in Morocco^[38], founded in 2015^[39].