Aït-Benhaddou
Aït Benhaddou is a historic ighrem or ksar along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh in Morocco. It is considered a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: LATIFA HARMOUCH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aït-Benhaddou
- Type: Town with 50 residents
- Description: Historical village in southeastern Morocco
- Categories: ksar, heritage and locality
- Location: Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, High Atlas, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.0451° or 31° 2' 42" northLongitude
-7.131° or 7° 7' 52" westPopulation
50Elevation
1,280 metres (4,199 feet)Open Location Code
8C3J2VW9+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 365060850OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2560358Wikidata ID
Q309436Aït-Benhaddou Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Aït Benhaddou
- Arabic: آيت بن حدو
- Arabic: قصبة أيت بن حدو
- Arabic: قصر أيت بن حدو
- Armenian: Այաթ Բեն Հադդու
- Asturian: Ksar de Ait Ben Hadu
- Avaric: Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Azerbaijani: Ayt-Ben-Xaddu
- Bashkir: Әйт-Бен-Хадду
- Basque: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Belarusian: Айт-Бэн-Гаду
- Bulgarian: Айт Бен Хаду
- Catalan: Aït Benhaddou
- Catalan: Ksar d'Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Catalan: Ksar d'Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Chinese: 埃本哈杜
- Chinese: 艾本哈杜
- Chinese: 阿伊特•本•哈杜筑垒村
- Chinese: 阿伊特•本•哈杜築壘村
- Chinese: 阿伊特本哈杜
- Croatian: Ait Ben Haddou
- Croatian: Aït Ben Haddou
- Croatian: Aït Benhaddou
- Czech: Ait Ben Haddou
- Danish: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Dutch: AitBenHaddou
- Dutch: Ait Benhaddou
- Dutch: Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Dutch: Aït Benhaddou
- Dutch: Ksar van AitBenHaddou
- English: Ait Benhaddou
- English: Aït Benhaddou
- English: Ksar of Aït Benhaddou
- Esperanto: Ait-Ben-Hadu
- Finnish: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Finnish: Aït Benhaddou
- French: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- French: Ait Benhaddou
- French: Aït-ben-Haddou
- French: Aït Ben Haddou
- French: Aït Benhaddou
- French: Aït Benhaddou Tighremt Abdellah Mohammed
- French: Ksar Aït-ben-Haddou
- French: Ksar d'Aït-ben-Haddou
- Georgian: აით-ბენ-ჰადუ
- Georgian: აით ბენ ჰადუ
- German: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- German: Ait Ben Haddou
- German: Ait Ben Haddu
- German: Ait Benhaddou
- German: Ait Benhaddu
- German: Aït-Ben-Haddou
- German: Aït-Benhaddou
- German: Aït Benhaddou
- German: Ksar Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Greek: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Greek: Aït Benhaddou
- Greek: Αΐτ-Μπεν-Χαντού
- Greek: Πόλη Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Hebrew: איית בן אדו
- Hebrew: איית בן חדו
- Hungarian: Aït Benhaddou
- Hungarian: Ájit Benhaddu
- Indonesian: Aït Benhaddou
- Italian: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Japanese: アイット＝ベン＝ハドゥの集落
- Korean: 에잇벤하두
- Kotava: Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Kurdish: Aït Benhaddou
- Kurdish: Qesra Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Lithuanian: Ait Benhadu
- Lithuanian: Aït Benhaddou
- Maithili: ऐत-बेन-हद्दोक सार
- Maltese: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Maltese: Ait Ben Haddou
- Maltese: Ait Benhaddou
- Maltese: Aït Benhaddou
- Maltese: Ksar ta' Aït Benhaddou
- Mingrelian: აით-ბენ-ჰადუ
- Moroccan Arabic: آيت بن حدو
- Moroccan Arabic: قصر آيت بن حدو
- Moroccan Arabic: قصر أيت بن حدو
- Nepali: ऐत-बेन-हद्दोको सार
- Norwegian: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Occitan (post 1500): Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Persian: آیت بن حدو
- Persian: ایت بن حدو
- Polish: Ait-Bin-Haddu
- Polish: Ait Benhaddou
- Polish: Ait Benhaddu
- Polish: Ajt Bin Haddu
- Polish: Aït Benhaddou
- Polish: Aït Benhaddu
- Portuguese: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Portuguese: Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Portuguese: Ksar de Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Romanian: Aït-ben-Haddou
- Russian: Айт-Бен-Хадду
- Scots: Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Serbian: Аит Бен Хадоу
- Serbo-Croatian: Ait Ben Haddou
- Serbo-Croatian: Ayt Bn Ḥddu
- Spanish: Ait Benhaddu
- Spanish: Ciudadela de Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ciudadela de Ait Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ciudadela de Ait Ben Haddou
- Spanish: Ciudadela de Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ciudadela de Aït Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ciudadela de Aït Ben Haddou
- Spanish: Ksar de Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ksar de Ait Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ksar de Ait Ben Haddou
- Spanish: Ksar de Ait Ben Hadu
- Spanish: Ksar de Aït-Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ksar de Aït Ben-Haddou
- Spanish: Ksar de Aït Ben Haddou
- Swahili: Ait Benhaddou
- Swedish: Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Swedish: Aït Benhaddou
- Swedish: Ksar Aït Benhaddou
- Tachelhit: Ayt Bn Ḥddu
- Turkish: Aït Benhaddou
- Ukrainian: Айт-Бен-Хадду
- Urdu: آیت بن حدو
- Vietnamese: Aït Benhaddou
- Waray (Philippines): Aït Benhaddou
- Welsh: Ait Benhaddou
- Welsh: Aït Benhaddou
- Yue Chinese: 埃本哈杜
- Ait Haddou
- Ath Benhadu
- Aït Ben Hadou
- 아이트벤하두
Other Places Named Aït-Benhaddou
In the Area
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-HaddouSuburb
- AguilalHamlet, 4 km southeast
- TadoulaVillage, 4½ km southwest
- TamdakhteVillage, 5 km north
- TizagzaouineVillage, 6 km southwest
- TazlaftVillage, 6 km north
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