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Sidi Moumen ( Arabic: سيدي مومن) is an arrondissement and northeastern suburb of Casablanca, in the Sidi Bernoussi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 289,253 inhabitants. [1] It contains shanty towns from where the terrorists of the 2003 and 2007 Casablanca bombings came (mainly from Karian Thoma).
The Casablanca Tramway ( Arabic: طرامواي الدار البيضاء Ṭrāmwāy ad-Dār al-Bayḍā’) is a low-floor tram system in Casablanca, Morocco. As of 2019, it consists of two lines - T1 from Sidi Moumen to Lissasfa, and T2 from Sidi Bernoussi to Aïn Diab —which intersect at 2 points and form a 47 km (29 mi) network with 71 ...
It is considered the first social community center of its kind in Sidi Moumen, one of Casablanca's most poorest areas. The center was established in the aftermath of the 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca; the perpetrators came from the disadvantaged Sidi Moumen neighborhood.
Sidi Bernoussi ( Arabic: سيدي البرنوصي) is a district and suburb of northeastern Casablanca, in the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The district covers an area of 38.59 square kilometres (14.9 square miles) and as of 2010 had 503,522 inhabitants. [1] It contains the football club Rachad Bernoussi, established in 1961.
Ahl al Oughlam. / 33.5682111°N 7.5118694°W / 33.5682111; -7.5118694. Ahl al Oughlam is an archaeological site and palaeontological site located just outside Casablanca, Morocco. It was discovered in 1985 and first excavated in 1989. Ahl al Oughlam is the richest late Neogene vertebrate locality of North Africa.
Aïn Sebaâ – Hay Mohammadi. / 33.60278°N 7.54194°W / 33.60278; -7.54194. Aïn Sebaâ – Hay Mohammadi ( Arabic: عين السبع الحي المحمدي) is a prefecture (district) of eastern Casablanca, in the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The district covers an area of 26.7 square kilometres (10.3 square miles) and as of ...
The Portuguese mariners calqued the modern Arabic name to "Casa Branca" ([kazɐ'bɾɐ̃kɐ] White House) in place of Anfa. [8] The name "Casablanca" was then a calque of the Portuguese name when the Spanish took over trade through the Iberian Union. [8] During the French protectorate in Morocco, the name remained Casablanca (pronounced ...
Hay Hassani ( Arabic: الحي الحسني) is a district, arrondissement and suburb of southwestern Casablanca, in the Berrechid Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The district covers an area of 25.91 square kilometres (10 square miles) and as of 2004 had 323,277 inhabitants. [1] The district contains one arrondissement of ...