Ifrane
Sign in to saveIfrane (; ) is a city geographically located in the Middle Atlas region of northern Morocco. With an approximate population of 13,964, the capital of Ifrane Province in the region of Fès-Meknès is located at an elevation of more than .
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Place details
- Locality
- Ifrane ⵉⴼⵔⴰⵏ إفران
- Region
- Fès-Meknès ⴼⴰⵙ-ⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ فاس-مكناس
- Country
- Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
- Population
- 73,782
- Timezone
- Africa/Casablanca
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ifrane
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ifrane in winter (Clockwise from top: Chalet-style apartments; a road through the forest; a barbary macaque in the forest; the campus of Al Akhawayn University)
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Ifrane province.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Ifrane City Logo.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Openstreetmap of Ifrane_Morocco.PNG
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Openstreetmap of Ifrane
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Morocco#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ski resort
- Official name
- Ifrane
- Country
- Morocco
- Located in
- Ifrane Province
- Population
- +13964
- Area
- +3573
- Elevation
- +1713
- Time zone
- Western European Time
- Capital of
- Ifrane Province
- Image
- Neige ifrane.jpg
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Modern history
- "Garden City"
- Climate
- Flora and fauna
- Fauna
- Mammalian species
- Bird species
- Flora
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ifrane (; ) is a city geographically located in the Middle Atlas region of northern Morocco. With an approximate population of 13,964, the capital of Ifrane Province in the region of Fès-Meknès is located at an elevation of more than .
The modern town of Ifrane was established by the French administration in 1928 during the protectorate era for their administration due to its Alpine climate. Ifrane was conceived as a "hill station" or colonial type of settlement. It is a resort town set high up in the mountains so that Europeans could find relief from the summer heat of the interior plains of Morocco. Ifrane, the house of Lake Dayet Iffer is also a popular altitude training destination, but other destinations like Lake Dayet-Aoua enjoy a picturesque and calm nature located north, which leads to a spring located about from the center of the city called Ain Vital ('Virgin Falls'; ar).