Marrakesh or Marrakech (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush), known as the "Red City", is a city / wilaya with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the capital of the mid-southwestern Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakesh by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko..etc are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush.
Marrakesh city has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians, as well as drug lords by day; By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life that include the infamous Ladies of the Night (prostitutes).
Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.
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morocco is beutyful even dubai and other countrys get moroccans to build for them. morocco has a long tradition that cant be adopted because of the old things stay old. nothing is more beutyful than looking at beutyful buildings that have been there for thousans of years =)
outernettboy 10 months ago
Great stuff, thanks. The palace is stunning.
LostandFoundTravel 10 months ago
just incomparable
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sweetab24 1 year ago
Moroccan civilization is much more elaborate than the rest of the Arab countries. Persians too seem to be fond of elaborate architecture and beatification.
maghra 2 years ago