1815 , had its spiritual center in Fez after al-Tijani moved here from Algeria in 1789 | The Journal of North African Studies |
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Its main focus is its engineering school, though it also offers diplomas in architecture, business, and law | Another well-known and important zawiya is the , which commemorates Sidi , the founder of from the 18th century |
: 216 Throughout this period and up to today Fez nonetheless remained the country's third largest urban center.
12Many of the former notable families of Fez still make up a large part of the country's political elite | The lavish former mansion of the clan, known as the , is partly open to visitors but still privately owned |
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The New , created by in the late 19th century at the northern entrance to and the ; on the left is the entrance to the , dating from the same time The last major change to Fez's topography before the 20th century was made during the reign of 1873-1894 , who finally connected Fes el-Jdid and Fes el-Bali by building a walled corridor between them | A number of zawiyas are scattered elsewhere across the city, many containing the tombs of important Sufi saints or scholars, such as the , the , and the |
: 26 : 216 Between 1971 and 2000, the population of the city roughly tripled from 325,000 to 940,000 | Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition |
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Municipality 5416 20560 23 20537 231 | Fez recorded snowfall in three straight years in 2005, 2006 and 2007 |
However, due to Fez's continuing economic and military importance, the Almohad ordered the reconstruction of the ramparts.