Meknès, city (1994 pop. 443,214), N central Morocco. It has a noted carpet-weaving industry. There are also woolen mills, cement and metal works, oil distilleries, and food-processing plants. Meknès became (c.1672) the capital of Morocco under Sultan Ismail, who undertook such palatial building operations that the city was called the Versailles of Morocco. Little of his construction has survived. A European town is laid out beside the old one.

Meknès-Tafilalet (Amazigh:Amknas-Tafilalt) is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-central Morocco, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 79,210 km² and has a population of 2,141,527 (2004 census). The capital is Meknès.

The region is made up into the following prefectures and provinces :

• Prefecture of Al Ismaïlia
• Prefecture of Meknès-El Menzeh
• Province of El Hajeb
• Province of Errachidia
• Province of Ifrane
• Province of Khénifra