Marrakech

Welcome To Marrakech

Marrakech (Arabic: مُرّاكُش, murrākuš; Berber: ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, Meṛṛakc) is a city located in central Morocco at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. It is nicknamed “the red city” or “ochre city” in reference to the red color of many of its buildings and houses.

Marrakech and its urban area had a population of just over one million in 2020. In terms of population, the city is the third largest metropolitan area in the country, tied with its historic rival, Fez, behind Casablanca and Rabat.

An imperial city, like Meknes, Fez and Rabat, Marrakech was the capital of Morocco for nearly 350 years, under the Almoravid (11th–12th centuries), Almohad (12th–13th centuries), and Saadian (16th–17th centuries) dynasties, as well as under the reign of Mohammed ben Abdallah of the current Alaouite dynasty (reigning from 1757 to 1790).