* 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 Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port.

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.

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.

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

During part of 1943 and 1944, Bogart went on USO and War Bond tours accompanied by Mayo, enduring arduous travels to Italy and North Africa, including Casablanca.

Only after Darlan's assassination was he able to attain this post, and he took part in the Casablanca Conference with De Gaulle, Churchill and Roosevelt.

Giraud took part in the Casablanca conference, with Roosevelt, Churchill and de Gaulle, in January 1943.

As part of the development of the airport, and since Casablanca is one of the main trading and industrial cities in the southern Mediterranean, the cargo operations will expand in the next few years.

Their original role as part of an army officer's uniform lent the trench coat a businesslike respectability, whilst fictional heroes as diverse as the Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, Captain Mal Reynolds, Castiel, Columbo, Dick Tracy, Mike Hammer, the Crow, the Phantom, Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine from Casablanca, and Peter Sellers ' Inspector Clouseau kept the coat in the public eye.

Kilroy, a young American visitor, fulfills some of the functions of the play's narrator, as does Gutman, ( named after Sydney Greenstreet's character from The Maltese Falcon, but bearing more resemblance to Signor Ferrari, Greenstreet's character in Casablanca ) manager of the hotel Siete Mares, whose terrace occupies part of the stage.

Turner Entertainment also played a huge part in film preservation and restoration, thus such classic films as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, King Kong, Easter Parade, and the original The Jazz Singer, can continue to be seen today via its various cable channels, as well as in revival movie houses and home video.

Facing the U. S. Navy task force headed for Morocco, consisting of the carriers Ranger, Sangamon, Santee and Suwannee, were, in part, Vichy squadrons based at Marrakech, Meknès, Agadir, Casablanca and Rabat, which between them could muster some 86 fighters and 78 bombers.

The main exception, again, is Casablanca due in part to its closer proximately to the Pacific.

He starred in the short-lived, 1983 NBC series Casablanca, playing nightclub owner Rick Blaine ( the part made famous by Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 film Casablanca ), and co-starred in the NBC series The Yellow Rose during the 1983-1984 season.

Humana screened the 1942 classic Casablanca in select movie theaters nationwide as part of a campaign to preview its Medicare Advantage consumer services in 2007, marking the first time in more than 60 years that the film was seen nationally in movie theaters.

Briefly dispatched as a secretary for General Raphaël Casablanca, Sébastiani took part in the Revolutionary Wars, including campaigns in Corsica, 1793, in the Alps, 1794 – 1797, and the Battle of Marengo, 1800.

Casablanca is now a part of Universal Republic Records.

All of its catalog and contracts for then-current artists including Stephanie Mills and Carl Carlton had folded into and became part of the Casablanca label, which PolyGram had purchased in 1977.

A popular myth ( spread in part by Groucho himself ) surrounding the movie is that the Marx Brothers were threatened with a lawsuit by Warner Bros. for the use of the word " Casablanca " in the title, it being an infringement on the company's rights to the 1942 film Casablanca.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Santo Domingo is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mrs. María José Hoffmann ( UDI ) and Mr. Víctor Torres ( PDC ) as part of the 15th electoral district, ( together with San Antonio, Cartagena, El Tabo, El Quisco, Algarrobo and Casablanca ).

This supporting mission was the American capture of the French port of Safi in French Morocco on the morning of 8 November 1942 as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco.

Taking place on 8 November 1942 they were intended to capture Port-Lyautey as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco.

Stade Mohamed V () is part of a big athletic complex situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of Maarif district.

The 2004 census recorded a population of 2, 949, 805 in the prefecture of Casablanca and 3, 631, 061 in the region of Grand Casablanca.

In October 1930, Casablanca hosted a Grand Prix, held at the new Anfa Racecourse.

33 % of national industrial exportations, MAD 27 billions come from the Grand Casablanca.

The population of Grand Casablanca was estimated in 2005 at 3. 85 million.

Casablanca hosts The Grand Prix Hassan II, a professional male tennis tournament of the ATP tour.

She also got a wildcard to play at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca, Morocco, but suffered a first round deficit to eventual champion Émilie Loit.

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.

In the 2002 Sight and Sound Directors ' Poll, Pollack revealed his top ten films: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Conformist, The Godfather Part II, Grand Illusion, The Leopard, Once Upon a Time in America, Raging Bull, The Seventh Seal, and Sunset Boulevard.

The Moroccan Grand Prix ( Arabic: المغربي سباق الجائزة الكبرى ‎) was a Grand Prix motor racing event begun in 1925 in Casablanca, Morocco with the official denomination of " Casablanca Grand Prix ".

where he left for the Grand Prix of Morocco at Casablanca.

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The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca on October 19, 1958.

Returning to clay courts, Pennetta lost in the second round of two consecutive WTA tour tournaments, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca and the Estoril Open in Portugal.