Coordinates: 33°36′26″N 7°30′19″W / 33.60722°N 7.50528°W / 33.60722; -7.50528

Sidi Bernoussi

From WikiProjectMed
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Sidi Bernoussi
سيدي البرنوصي
District of Casablanca
Sidi Bernoussi is located in Greater Casablanca
Sidi Bernoussi
Sidi Bernoussi
Location in Greater Casablanca
Coordinates: 33°36′26″N 7°30′19″W / 33.60722°N 7.50528°W / 33.60722; -7.50528
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
Area
 • Total38.59 km2 (14.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total453,552
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

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.

The water tower of Sidi Bernoussi, Casablanca, Morocco.
A photograph of Boulevard Souhaib Arroumi in Sidi Bernoussi, Casablanca, Morocco. It features a water tower that is considered a landmark of Sidi Bernoussi.


Economy

A night photograph of Boulevard Souhaib Arroumi in Sidi Bernoussi, Casablanca, Morocco. It features a water tower that is considered a landmark of Sidi Bernoussi.

Sidi Bernoussi is one of the first districts that has opted for Aswaq Namoudajia ( a kind of modernized souk that gathers informal street merchants). One of them is near Almoukhtar Essoussi High School, and another one is near Alfirdaous Mosque.[2]

Subdivisions

The district is divided into two arrondissements:

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "La Préfecture de Casablanca (in French)". Casablanca.ma. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ^ "باعة جائلون يزحفون على أسواق نموذجية بالبيضاء". Hespress (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-02-09.


This Casablanca-Settat location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://mdwiki.org/wiki/Sidi_Bernoussi"