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Key facts
- Country
- Morocco
- Region
- Béni Mellal-Khénifra
- Province
- Beni Mellal
- Elevation
- 620 m (2,030 ft)
- City
- 209,676
- Rank
- 17th in Morocco
- Metro
- 447,330
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Website
- www.communebenimellal.ma
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Béni Mellal
- Country
- Morocco
- Located in
- Béni-Mellal Province
- Population
- 209594
- Elevation
- 620
- Capital of
- Béni-Mellal Province
- Official website
- www.beni-mellal.net
- Image
- BeniMellal,oldcitysquare.jpg
- Households
- 56987
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- category for people born here
- Q9223774
- topic's main category
- Category:Beni Mellal
- Commons category
- Beni Mellal
- postal code
- 23000
- native label
- ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Beni Mellal
- inception
- 1668-00-00
- P12749
- Kiel
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Encyclopedic overview
Beni Mellal is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbel Tassemit (2247 m), next to the plains of Beni Amir. The modern town dates back to 1688, when Moulay Isma'il founded a kasbah (fort).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beni Mellal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.