Tinmel

Tinmel (Berber: Tin Mel or Tin Mal, ) is a small mountain village in the High Atlas 100 km from Marrakesh, Morocco. Tinmel was the cradle of the Berber Almohad empire, from where the Almohads started their military campaigns against the Almoravids in the early 12th century.

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Place details

Locality: Tazalt
Region: Marrakech-Safi ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ-ⴰⵙⴼⵉ مراكش-أسفي
Country: Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل
Settlement.other_name: Tin Mal / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⴰⵍ
Settlement.image_skyline: Tin Mal Mosque1 (js).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Tinmel mosque, High Atlas
Settlement.pushpin_map: Morocco
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Marrakesh-Safi
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Al Haouz
Settlement.population_as_of: 2004
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: WET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Elevation: 1270
Image: Tin Mal Mosque1 (js).jpg

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Commons category: Tinmel

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History
Tinmal Mosque
World Heritage Status
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== History == With the seizure of Marrakesh in 1147, Tinmel became the spiritual capital and the artistic centre of the Almohad Caliphate. The village is home to the tombs of the Almohad rulers. In Tinmel, the Almohad dirham, symbol of its economic prosperity, was struck.