About the neighborhood
Arrondissement of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Maârif or El Maârif (Arabic: المعاريف, lit.'the notables') is one of the 16 arrondissements of Casablanca, the biggest city of the Casablanca-Settat region and of Morocco. As of 2024, it had 139,669 inhabitants.
It is bounded to the north by Boulevard d'Anfa and Mohamed Zerktouni, to the east by Avenue 2 Mars and Nador, to the south by the Casablanca urban highway, and to the west by Boulevard Ghandi and Route d'El Jadida.
District
Since the 2021 local elections, the current President of this arrondissement is Abdessadek Morchid.
Meetings
The arrondissement representatives meet 3 times a year, during the first week of January, June and September. These meetings are generally open to the public.
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. In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators.
The novelist Mohamed Zafzaf also lived in the neighborhood.
Demography
According to the 2024 General Census of Population and Housing by the High Commission for Planning, Maârif has 139,669 inhabitants.
References
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Maârif, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
