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              Marrakech is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco, it's the capital of the mid-southwestern region of Marrakech-Safi, it's located west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, Marrakech is situated 580 km southwest Tangier, 327 km southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, 239 km south of Casablanca and 246 km northeast of Agadir. The region has been inhabited by Berber farmers since Neolithic times and numerous stone implements have been unearthed in the area, the city was founded in 1602 by Abu Bakr Ibn Omar, a Chieftain and second cousin of the Almoravid king Yousuf Ibn Tachfin 1061-1106, under the berber dynasty of the Almoravid pious and learned warriors from the desert, as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire, the city was one of Morocco's four imperial cities. In the 12th century the Almoravid built many madrasas "Quranic schools" and mosques in Marrakech, developing the community into a trading center for the Maghreb