Fes

Fes
Fes ; Fas / ??? / ??? ; Fez
	View of the medina (old city) of Fes
	Fes Location in Morocco
	Coordinates: 34°2′N 5°0′W / 34.033°N 5.000°W Coordinates : 34°2′N 5°0′W / 34.033°N 5.000°W
Kintra	Morocco
Region	Fes-Boulemane
Foondit	789
Foondit bi	Idrisid dynasty
Govrenment
? Mayor	Hamid Chabat
? Govrenor	Mohamed Rerrhabi
Elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Population (2012)
? Total	1,044,376
? Rank	3rd in Morocco
Racial makeup
? Arabs	53.6%
? Berbers	32.7%
? Moriscos	10.2%
? Ithers	3.5%
Website	www.fes-city.com

Fes or Fez ( Arabic : ??? ‎, romanised: f?s , French : Fes ) is the seicont lairgest ceety o Morocco ?efter Casablanca , wi a population o juist ower ane million. It's the caipital o the Fes-Boulemane region.

Fes, the umwhile caipital, is ane o the kintra's fower "imperial ceeties," the ithers bein Rabat , Marrakech an Meknes . It comprises three distinct pairts, Fes el Bali (the auld, wawed ceety), Fes-Jdid (new Fes, hame o the Mellah ) an the Ville Nouvelle (the French-creatit, newest section o Fes).

Fes el Bali is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid . Its medina , the lairger o the twa medinas o Fes, is believed tae be the warld's lairgest contiguous caur-free urban aurie . The University o Al-Karaouine , foondit in AD 859, is the auldest continuously functionin varsity in the warld.