Maârif

Maârif

المعاريف

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Arrondissement of Casablanca
Casablanca Twin Center from boulevard Al Massira Al Khadra.
Casablanca Twin Center from boulevard Al Massira Al Khadra.
Maârif المعاريف ⵍⵎⵄⴰⵔⵉⴼ is located in Greater Casablanca
Maârif المعاريف ⵍⵎⵄⴰⵔⵉⴼ
Maârif

المعاريف

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Location in Greater Casablanca
Coordinates: 33°34′12″N 7°38′09″W / 33.57000°N 7.63583°W / 33.57000; -7.63583
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
PréfectureCasablanca
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
139,669
Geocode06.141.01.03
Not to be confused with the neighborhood of the same name. This article is about the arrondissement.

Maârif or El Maârif (Arabic: المعاريف, lit. 'the notables') is one of the 16 arrondissements of Casablanca, the biggest city of the Casablanca-Settat region and of Morocco. As of 2024, it had 139,669 inhabitants.[1]

It is bounded to the north by Boulevard d'Anfa and Mohamed Zerktouni, to the east by Avenue 2 Mars and Nador, to the south by the Casablanca urban highway, and to the west by Boulevard Ghandi and Route d'El Jadida.[2]

District

Since the 2021 local elections, the current President of this arrondissement is Abdessadek Morchid.[3]

Meetings

The arrondissement representatives meet 3 times a year, during the first week of January, June and September. These meetings are generally open to the public.

History

In 1949, the musician Salim Halali settled in Morocco and transformed an old café in Maârif into a prestigious cabaret, Le Coq d'Or, where Warda Al-Jazairia and El-Haja El-Hamdaouia performed.[4] In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators.[5]

Rue du Jura in 2013, before renovations.

The novelist Mohamed Zafzaf also lived in the neighborhood.[6]

Demography

According to the 2024 General Census of Population and Housing by the High Commission for Planning, Maârif has 139,669 inhabitants.[7]

References

  1. ^ RGPH 2024
  2. ^ Rapport justificatif. Archived from the original on 14 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Membres du Bureau".
  4. ^ HAJJAM, Anis. "Hamdaouia, les flammes d'une belle âme". L'Opinion Maroc - Actualité et Infos au Maroc et dans le monde. (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ MD (2022-05-06). "Casablanca bekommt ein neues Stadion mit 100.000 Plätzen". Marokko Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  6. ^ الإخبارية, تارودانت الآن (2022-03-24). "الدار البيضاء.. افتتاح المركب الثقافي "محمد زفزاف" بالمعاريف يوم السبت المقبل | تارودانت الآن الإخبارية". taroudantalaan.ma (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ^ RGPH 2024


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