Sidi Bernoussi

Sidi Bernoussi سيدي البرنوصي
District of Casablanca
Sidi Bernoussi Location in Greater Casablanca
Coordinates: 33°36′26″N 7°30′19″W
Country	Morocco
Region	Casablanca-Settat
Area
• Total	38.59 km^2 (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.

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:

• Sidi Bernoussi (arrondissement)
• Hay El-Qods
• Sidi Moumen

Notable people

• Hicham Boutizla
• Redouane M'Kiddem
• Bouchaib El Moubarki
• Youssef Safri

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.