Casablanca Settat

Casablanca Settat
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Casablanca
surface	19,448 km²
Residents	7,028,251 (2016)
density	361 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MA-06

Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  W

The Casablanca-Settat region ( Arabic الدار البيضاء الكبرى - سطات) is one of the 12 regions of Morocco that were newly created after an administrative reform in 2015 and extends in the west of the kingdom. The name of the region is derived from the cities of Casablanca and Settat . The capital of the region is the city of Casablanca.

population

In the entire Casablanca-Settat region, around 6.861 million people of Arab and Berber descent live in an area of ​​around 20,000 km². Around 1.811 million people live in rural areas (communes rurales) , around 5.050 million people live in cities (municipalités) .

Provinces

The region consists of the following prefectures and provinces, whose capitals often have the same name:

• Casablanca prefecture
• Mohammedia prefecture
• El Jadida Province
• Province of Nouaceur
• Médiouna Province
• Benslimane Province
• Berrechid Province
• Settat Province
• Sidi Bennour Province

Web links

Commons : Casablanca Settat  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Monograph de la Région de Casablanca-Settat. In: Portail national des collectivites territoriales. Royaume du Maroc, Ministere de l'Interieur, accessed on December 9, 2018 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annuaire Statistique du Maroc, année 2017. Haut-Commissariat au Plan, 22 November 2018, p. 22 , accessed on 9 December 2018 (in French).