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Casablanca (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 33 35 34 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 33.5920 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 37 09 W degrees minutes |
Long: -7.6190 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Atlantic Ocean; original town was destroyed by Portuguese in 15th cen.; flourished in 18th century; occupied by French 1907; was crucial strategic site in WW II; was seat of Anglo-United States summit in 1943; today is economic capital of Morocco. |
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| Casablanca (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | named by Spanish merchants |
| Casa Blanca (C,V)
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| Dar el Beida (C,V)
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| Dar-el-Beida (C,V)
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| Ad-Dār Al-Bayḍā (C,V)
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| Dar El-Beïda (C,V)
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| Casa Branca (C,V)
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| קזבלנקה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Anfa (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled during 12th cen.; was destroyed by Portuguese in 1468 & largely abandoned; was rebuilt in 1757 by Muhammad XVI |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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developed 1912 |
| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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produces textiles & electronics |
| commercial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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site of Goethe Institute & College of Fine Arts |
| tourist center (C) |
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