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Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy. Casablanca is a significant financial centre, ranking 54th globally in the September 2023 Global Financial Centres Index rankings, between Brussels and Rome. [5] The Casablanca Stock Exchange is Africa's third-largest in terms of market capitalization, as of December 2022 ...
Casablanca hosted the Casablanca Conference-called even "Anfa Conference"- in 1943 (from January 14 to January 24), in which Churchill and Roosevelt discussed the progress of the war. Casablanca was the site of a large American air base, which was the staging area for all American aircraft for the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
Kasbah of Sfax in Tunisia. A kasbah (/ ˈ k æ z b ɑː /, also US: / ˈ k ɑː z-/; Arabic: قصبة, romanized: qaṣaba, lit. 'fortress', Arabic pronunciation:, Maghrebi Arabic:), also spelled qasbah, qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city.
Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
Casablanca under control of Vichy France. October: Forced labour camp established by the Germans. [9] 1942 November: Forced labour camp dissolved. [9] 8–16 November: Naval Battle of Casablanca. 26 November: American fictional movie Casablanca released. [10] 1943 - January: Allied Casablanca Conference held. [11] [12] 1949 - Raja Club Athletic ...
Originally, the Chaouia was ruled by the Barghawata until it was unified to Morocco by the Almoravids, [5] depopulating the area. [6] After the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min captured the town of Marrakesh in 1147, he encouraged the settlement of Bedouin Arab tribes in the area and the rest of the Moroccan coastal plains [6] which were largely depopulated after the Almoravid conquest, [6 ...
Bousbir (Moroccan Arabic: بوسبير, French: quartier réservé) was a walled-off brothel quarter in Casablanca, Morocco, established by Resident General Lyautey during the French protectorate. Origins
Chefchaouen (Arabic: شفشاون, romanized: Shafshāwan, IPA: [ʃafˈʃaːwan]) is a city in northwest Morocco.It is the chief town of the province of the same name and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue, for which it is nicknamed the "Blue City". [1]