Marrakech Morocco :

Marrakesh is a is a very known Moroccan city, the city of Marrakech is the capital city of the region : Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, the city was once called the "The city of gold" and nowdays is called in Morocco as "Marrakech Al Hamra", it counts a polulation of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the city is located in southwestern Morocco, by the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

The Kingdom of Morocco was once known as "Marrakech" , the origins of the name is berber tamazight and it means the land of God., Marrakech is a very famous moroccan travel destination, and of course even more important than other destinations such as Agadir, Essaouira or Meknes, the city is very known for its huge market place and the berber shops, Marrakech has the busiest square in the entire continent of Africa, called "Jamaa El Fena, Djemaa el Fna".

The square bustles with acrobats, water sellers, story-tellers, Hennee makers, dancers and musicians mainly folk bands such as gnaoua musicians all day long and early evening, during the evening the place the food stalls and becomes a very huge open-air restaurant, the city of Marrakech is like so many other north african and middle eastern cities, the city did compromise both the old fortified medina city as well as the adjacent modern city known as "Marrakech Gueliz", the city is served by Ménara International Airport "RAK" and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

The three common names of the city are : "Marrakech" in French, "Marrakesh" in English, and "Marrakesch" in German

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