Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, which is known to be the capital of Great Casablanca region. In Spanish, the word Casablanca means “W hite House”. The city is known to be the largest city in Morocco. Casablanca has its chief port and its one of the world’s largest artificial ports. Many tend to think that Casablanca is the capital of Morocco but this is false! The capital of Morocco is Rabat. It’s an interesting fact to know that Casablanca is the sixth largest city in Africa. All sorts of modern economy sectors and industries are basically located in and around Casablanca and have many international industries based in Morocco.
The area which is today Casablanca was founded and settled by Berbers by at least the 7th century BC.It was used as a port by the Phoenicians and later the Romans.In his book W asf Afriquia(Africa’s Description), Al-Hassan al-W azzan refers to ancient Casablanca as “Anfa”, a great city which was founded by the Berber kingdom of Barghawata in 744 AD. He believed Casablanca to have been the most “prosperous city on the Atlantic coast because of its fertile land.”The independent Berber kingdom of Barghawata in the area arose around 744 AD, and continued until it was conquered by the Almoravids in 1068.
Today’s proper city population of Casablanca is about 3,312,000 and the metro has a population of 9,239,805 (2013). The city is located at 17 meters, 55 feet and has GMT Time zone. Casablanca has a very mild Mediterranean climate; Casablanca’s climate is strongly influenced by the cool currents of the Atlantic Ocean which tends to moderate temperature swings and produce a remarkably mild climate with little seasonal temperature variation and a lack of extreme heat and cold. Rainfall is negligible from May to September, but for the rest of the year it is adequate for rain-fed farming. Casablanca is the ideal place to enjoy life, with its various destination of Restaurants, Malls, Coffee shops, Cinemas, theater, discos, beach etc.
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