known as the "Red City" or "Al Hamra," is a city with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006) in southwestern Morocco, near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. The city is also called "Marrakech" in French and "Marrakesch" in German. The possible origin of its name could be from the Tamazight (Berber) words mur(n)akuch, which means Land of God. The name Morocco itself derives from Murrakush. This city is one of the largest cities in Morocco   and the capital of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region. Marrakesh was known to early travelers as"Morocco City". More>>

The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa with a population of 33,241,259. It has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. More>>