Sidi Bernoussi
سيدي البرنوصي | |
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District of Casablanca | |
Coordinates: 33°36′26″N 7°30′19″W / 33.60722°N 7.50528°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Casablanca-Settat |
Area | |
• Total | 38.59 km2 (14.90 sq mi) |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 453,552 |
Time zone | UTC+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.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_water_tower_of_Sidi_Bernoussi_%28Boulevard_Souhaib_Arroumi%29%2C_Casablanca%2C_Morocco.jpg/220px-The_water_tower_of_Sidi_Bernoussi_%28Boulevard_Souhaib_Arroumi%29%2C_Casablanca%2C_Morocco.jpg)
Economy
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Boulevard_Souhaib_Arroumi.jpg/220px-Boulevard_Souhaib_Arroumi.jpg)
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
[edit]The district is divided into two arrondissements:
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La Préfecture de Casablanca (in French)". Casablanca.ma. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "باعة جائلون يزحفون على أسواق نموذجية بالبيضاء". Hespress (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-02-09.