Region · Atlantic
Casablanca-Settat
6 places in Casablanca-Settat, each with its own story. From north to south.
- MohammediaMohammedia, formerly Fédala, grew from 1912 around a port that specialised in oil from the mid-1920s. In 2024 the municipality had 194,358 inhabitants and the prefecture of the same name 514,057.
- CasablancaThe economic capital of the Kingdom and, with around 3.2 million inhabitants, the largest city in the country. Its landmark is the Hassan II Mosque with a 200-metre minaret.
- BerrechidBerrechid province lies in the plains of the Chaouia and was split off from Settat province in 2009. The municipality of Berrechid had 168,687 inhabitants in 2024. This is where the A4 motorway to Beni Mellal begins; its first section, to Ben Ahmed, has been open since 1 July 2015.
- El JadidaThe Portuguese fortified town of Mazagan, begun in 1514 and expanded into a star-shaped fortress in 1541–1548, has been on the World Heritage List since 2004; in the mid-19th century it was restored and named El Jadida. The municipality had 237,464 inhabitants in 2024.
- SettatSettat is the largest market town of the fertile Chaouia plain; its best-known building is a kasbah that Sultan Moulay Ismail had built in the late 17th century. The municipality had 171,556 inhabitants in 2024, and the Université Hassan I was founded here in 1997.
- OualidiaOualidia lies at the southern end of the Sidi Moussa-Walidia wetland complex with its two lagoons, which has been on the Ramsar List since 2005. The municipality of Loualidia in Sidi Bennour province had 21,742 inhabitants in 2024.