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Maârif

Maârif
المعاريف
Arrondissement of Casablanca
Maârif is located in Greater Casablanca
Maârif
Maârif
Location in Greater Casablanca
Coordinates: 33°35′04″N 7°38′14″W / 33.58444°N 7.63722°W / 33.58444; -7.63722
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
DistrictAnfa
Area
 • Total12.4 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total180,394
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

Maârif or El Maârif (Arabic: المعاريف, lit. 'the notables') is a neighborhood of Casablanca, in the Anfa district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 180,394 inhabitants.[1]

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.[2] In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators.[3]

Rue du Jura in 2013, before renovations.

The novelist Mohamed Zafzaf also lived in the neighborhood.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ MD (2022-05-06). "Casablanca bekommt ein neues Stadion mit 100.000 Plätzen". Marokko Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  4. ^ 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.


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