* 1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.

Casablanca (, original name in ) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean.

It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.

Casablanca is considered the economic and business center of Morocco, while the political capital city of Morocco is Rabat.

The Port of Casablanca is one of the largest artificial ports in the world, and the largest port of North Africa.

The area which is today Casablanca was settled by Berbers by at least the 7th century BC.

Casablanca has become the economic and business capital of Morocco, while Rabat is the political capital.

Casablanca is located in the Chawiya plain which has historically been the breadbasket of Morocco.

The only watercourse in Casablanca is Oued Bouskoura, a small seasonal creek that until 1912 reached the Atlantic Ocean near the actual port.

The closest permanent river to Casablanca is Oum Er-Rbia River to the south-east.

The Grand Casablanca region is considered the locomotive of the development of the Moroccan economy.

30 % of Moroccan banking network is concentrated in Casablanca.

Almost the entire Casablanca waterfront is under development, mainly the construction of huge entertainment centres between the port and Hassan II Mosque, the Anfa Resort project near the business, entertainment and living centre of Megarama, the shopping and entertainment complex of Morocco Mall, as well as a complete renovation of the coastal walkway.

The biggest CBD of Casablanca and Maghreb is in the North of the town in Sidi Maarouf near the mosque of Hassan II and the biggest project of skycrapers of Maghreb and Africa Casablanca Marina.

Casablanca is a commune, part of the Region of the Grand Casablanca.

Grand Casablanca is also the largest urban area in the Maghreb.

Today the Jewish cemetery of Casablanca is one of the major cemeteries of the city.

Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau.

On its edge is the Casablanca Cathedral ( Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur ).

* The Casablanca Technopark is an information technology Business cluster complex located at Casablanca, and was inaugurated in October 2001.

Barthez was involved in a controversy during a friendly match between OM and Morocco's Wydad Casablanca on 12 February 2005.

The airport was built with funding from Japan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Germany and designed by Moroccan architects ( modeled after Casablanca airport ) and engineers funded by Morocco's King Hassan II.

Another North African team that has made a big impression in this tournament is Morocco's Raja Casablanca, who has emerged victorious three times – in 1989, 1997 and 1999.

The Faisal Mosque was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 until 1993, when it was overtaken in size upon the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco.

Although its covered main prayer hall is smaller than that of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca ( the world's third largest mosque ), Faisal Mosque has the third largest capacity of accommodating worshipers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram ( Grand Mosque ) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi ( Prophet's Mosque ) in Medina.

Fes-al-Bali, a medina of Fes, Morocco, with its population of 156, 000, may be the world's largest contiguous completely carfree area, and the medinas of Cairo, Casablanca, Meknes, Essaouira, and Tangier are quite extensive.

The original Berber name, Anfa ( meaning: " hill " in English ), was used by the locals, and Berber-speaking, city dwellers until the French occupation army entered the city in 1907 and adopted the Spanish name, Casablanca.

" Anfa " now refers to the original old city quarters of Casablanca.

Legally speaking, Moroccans consider Anfa to be a prefecture ( a district ) with half a million city dwellers, and thus a part of Grand Casablanca.

In his book “ Wasf Afriquia ”, Hassan Al Wazan refers to ancient Casablanca as " Anfa ", a great city which was founded by the Berber kingdom of Barghawata in 768 AD.

He believed Casablanca to have been the most " prosperous city on the Atlantic coast because of its fertile land.

There are other football teams on top of these two major teams that are based in the city of Casablanca are Rachad Bernoussi, TAS de Casablanca, Majd Al Madina and Racing Casablanca.

Although no longer a member of the OAU ( Organisation of African Unity ) since November 12, 1984 — following the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as the government of Western Sahara — Morocco remains involved in developing the regional economy, as the city of Casablanca contains North Africa's busiest port and serves as the country's economic center.

The Americans surrounded the port of Casablanca by 10 November, and the city surrendered an hour before the final assault was due to take place.

Although the albums are not exclusively about Key West, they detail the laid back island ethos of the small island city and its pre -" condo commando " status as an American Casablanca ... a place where no one knows your name and would not care if they did.

VASP once had a much more extensive network, which covered virtually every major Brazilian city with an airport and in the 1990s included such international destinations as: Buenos Aires, Quito, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Seoul, Casablanca, Barcelona, Brussels, Osaka, Athens, Frankfurt and Zürich.

Mohammedia (, Al-Muḥammadia, Berber: El Muḥemmadiya, Fḍala ) is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Greater Casablanca.

His force, largely owing to treachery, was completely overthrown on August 19 when near that city, and Abd-el-Aziz fled to Settat within the French lines around Casablanca.

Located at least 107 km from Casablanca, 154 km from the capital, Rabat, 200 km from the city of Marrakesh, 99 km from the city of Beni Mellal and 60 km from the city of Settat, capital of the province of Settat and the region Chaouia-Ouardigha which the province of Khouribga belongs to.

* Mohammedia, a port city located 15 miles northeast of Casablanca in western Morocco

He was elected representative for the city of Casablanca in 1861, and from then on occupied a seat in the Lower House, being elected representative for Caldera ( 1867 – 70 ), Curicó ( 1870 – 73 ), Valparaíso ( 1873 – 76, and 1888 – 91 ), as well as for Santiago, during four separate terms, between 1876-1894.