Sidi Moumen

Sidi Moumen
سيدي مومن
Arrondissement of Casablanca
Sidi Moumen

Location in Greater Casablanca

Coordinates: 33°35′41″N 7°31′37″W / 33.59472°N 7.52694°W / 33.59472; -7.52694Coordinates: 33°35′41″N 7°31′37″W / 33.59472°N 7.52694°W / 33.59472; -7.52694
Country  Morocco
Region Casablanca-Settat
District Sidi Bernoussi
Population (2004)
  Total 289,253
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) WEST (UTC+1)

Sidi Moumen (Arabic: سيدي مومن) is an arrondissement and northeastern suburb of Casablanca, in the Sidi Bernoussi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 289,253 inhabitants.[1] It contains shanty towns from where the terrorists of the 2003 and 2007 Casablanca bombings came, mainly from Karian Thoma.

References

  1. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.


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