Tinmel
30°59′05″N 8°13′43″W / 30.98472°N 8.22861°W
Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل
Tin Mal / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⴰⵍ | |
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Tinmel mosque, High Atlas | |
| Coordinates: 30°59′05″N 8°13′43″W / 30.98472°N 8.22861°W | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Region | Marrakesh-Safi |
| Province | Al Haouz |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WET) |
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Tinmel (Berber: Tin Mel or Tin Mal, Arabic: تينمل) is a small mountain village in the High Atlas 100 km from Marrakesh, Morocco. Tinmel was the cradle of the Berber Almohad empire, from where the Almohads started their military campaigns against the Almoravids in the early 12th century.