梅克内斯坐落于摩洛哥的北部，处在首府拉巴特与非斯的中间。8世纪，这里仅是个堡垒。10世纪，巴巴里人的氏族战争使得一些村镇围绕梅克内斯创建起来，真正进入黄金时代是摩洛哥的苏丹穆莱·伊斯梅尔（1672年－1727年）时期，是他使这成为帝国的首都。

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Meknes (French:Meknès; Arabic:مكناس Mknas‎; Berber: ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ Ameknas; Spanish:Mequinez) is a city in northern Morocco and the sixth largest city of the kingdom. Meknès was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail (1672–1727). The urban population is estimated at 650,000 with the metropolitan population close to 1,000,000. It is the capital of Meknès Prefecture. Meknes is named after a Berber tribe which, was known as Miknasa (native Berber name: Imeknasen) in the medieval North African documents.