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Sidi Bernoussi

سيدي البرنوصي

A district in Casablanca's north-east: industrial, working-class, known across Morocco for its footballers and boxers. This independent portal brings together what residents need — offices, emergency numbers, procedures — and what the district remembers.

ذاكرة البرنوصيMemories & Photos

Old photographs and shared memories, on our sister site sidibernoussi.online.

Illustration of a mushroom-shaped concrete water tower wrapped in scaffolding, with workers on top, a stone wall and building materials in the foreground
Illustration of the water tower under construction, created with AI — not an archival photograph. Have a real photo of the tower being built? Share it with the archive.

Congratulations to Sidi Bernoussi’s three MPs

Ahmed Brija, Hicham El Hid and Omar Belatif take the constituency’s three seats in the House of Representatives, according to provisional results.

At a glance

“Sidi Bernoussi” can mean the arrondissement (one council) or the prefecture that also contains Sidi Moumen. Figures below say which.

FactFigureSourceAs of
Residents of Sidi Bernoussi arrondissement154,919HCP census (opens in a new tab)2024
Residents of the wider prefecture (with Sidi Moumen)706,362HCP census (opens in a new tab)2024
Change in the arrondissement since 2014−10.5%HCP census (opens in a new tab)2014–2024
Tram line to Aïn Diab PlageT2Casa Tramway (opens in a new tab)since 2019
Rachad Bernoussi founded1961Club history

More figures and the full census series

Explore the district

  • History

    From farmland to industrial city: the name, the Écochard plan, June 1981, the tram.

  • People

    Footballers, boxers, musicians and makers — each with the evidence that links them here.

  • Sport

    Rachad Bernoussi, the boxing school, and what the 2026 relegation means.

  • Neighbourhoods

    Hay Al Qods, Amal, Mansour, Al Azhar, the industrial zone, and a map.

  • Facts & figures

    Census 1994–2024, who governs what, the industrial economy.

  • Archive

    Photographs, testimony and corrections from residents.

How to read this site

Every office, fact and person carries a label showing where the information comes from, and a date showing when it was last checked. If something is wrong, tell us and it will be corrected with a note in the change log.

  • Official source

    Confirmed on an official Moroccan government or institution website.

  • Public listing

    From a public map or business listing. Call before you go.

  • Needs confirmation

    Useful but unconfirmed. Treat with caution.

  • Community memory

    Remembered by residents or recorded in a memoir, not in archives.