Casablanca

Casablanca (; , ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ, ; Amazigh: Anfa) is a ceety in wastren Morocco, locatit on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the caipital o the Grand Casablanca region.

Wi a population o ower 5,500,000, Casablanca is Morocco's lairgest ceety as well as its chief port. It's an aa the biggest ceety in the Maghreb. Casablanca is considered the economic an business centre o Morocco, while the poleetical caipital ceety o Morocco is Rabat.

Casablanca hosts heidquarters an main industrial facilities for the leadin Moroccan an internaitional companies based in Morocco. Industrial statistics show Casablanca retains its historical poseetion as the main industrial zone o the kintra. The Port o Casablanca is ane o the lairgest airtificial ports in the warld, an the lairgest port o North Africae.Discovering Casablanca - The Africa Travel Association It is an aa the primary naval base for the Ryal Moroccan Navy.

 Etymology 
The Laitinized name o the ceety, Casablanca, is a Spaingie wird combination meanin 'White Hoose' (blanca, 'white;' casa, 'hoose'). It is thocht that the Spaniards adoptit the name frae Portuguese Casa Branca. The ceety is nou nicknamed Kaza bi mony locals.

The Berber oreeginal name, Anfa (meanin: "hill" in Inglis), wis uised bi the local, an Berber-speakin, ceety dwellers till the French occupation airmy entered the ceety in 1907 an adoptit the Spainyie name, Casablanca. "Anfa" nou refers tae the oreeginal auld ceety quarters o Casablanca.

Legally speakin, Anfa is considered bi the Moroccan govrenment as a prefecture (a destrict) wi a 0.5 million ceety dwellers, an is sicweys a pairt o the Grand Casablanca.

Ane o Casablanca's twa ceevilian airports is cried Casablanca-Anfa Airport, the ither Mohammed V Internaitional Airport.

 Geography 
Casablanca is locatit in the Chawiya plain which haes historically been the breadbasket o Morocco.

Apairt frae the Atlantic coast, the Bouskoura forest is the anerlie naitural attraction in the ceety. The forest wis plantit in the 20t century an consists maistly o Eucalyptus an Pine trees. It is locatit hauf wey tae the ceety's internaitional airport.

The anerlie watercourse in Casablanca is Oued Bouskoura, a sma seasonal creek that till 1912 reached the Atlantic Ocean near the actual port. Maist o Oued Bouskoura's bed haes been covered due tae urbanization an anerlie the pairt sooth o El-Jadida road can nou be seen. The closest permanent river tae Casablanca is Oum Er-Rbia River 70 km (43.50 mi) tae the sooth-east.

 Climate 

Casablanca haes a vera mild semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh). Maist precipitation faws in Hairst an Ware.
Casablanca's climate is strangly influenced bi the cuil currents o the Atlantic Ocean which tends tae moderate temperature swings an produce a remarkably mild climate wi little saisonal temperature variation an a lack o extreme heat an extreme cauld.

 Education 
Colleges an varsities
 Varsity o Hassan II (Ain Chock)
 École Hassania des Travaux Publics
 ISCAE
 École supérieure de technologie de Casablanca
 Université internationale Casablanca
 American Academy Casablanca
 Casablanca American School
 George Washington Academy
 Nelson C. Brown Hie School
 Babar land
 Lycée Lyautey

 Sports 
 Raja Casablanca
 Wydad Casablanca

 Twin touns 

  Tokyo, Japan, syne 2004
  New York Ceety, USA, syne 1998
  Paris, Fraunce
  Chicago, USA, syne 1982 Jumelage Casablanca-Chicago
  Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
  Roum, Italy
  Montreal, Canadae Liste des protocoles et ententes internationales impliquant la ville de Montréal 
  Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1986) Vers la concrétisation de l'accord de jumelage entre Shanghai et Casablanca
  Athens, Greece
  Bordeaux, Fraunce, syne 1988
  Jakarta, Indonesie
  Kuala Lumpur, MalaysieKuala Lumpur fact file , Asian-Pacific City Summit. Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
  Sosnowiec, Poland
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushie  Russie - Maroc : les relations bilatérales ont fait leurs preuves 
  Algiers, Algerie
  Artvin, Turkey
  Rize, Turkey
  Istanbul, Turkey
  İzmir, Turkey
  Alexandria, Egyp
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 

 Offeecial wab steid o Casablanca 
 Community Maintained Interactive Casablanca Map 
 Online Casablanca Map - Indik.ma 
 The Portal o Casablanca 


Category:Greater Casablanca Region
Category:Metropolitan auries o Morocco
Category:Populatit coastal places in Morocco
Category:Populatit places in the Greater Casablanca Region
Category:Port ceeties in Morocco
Category:Prefecturs o Morocco