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).

Sidi Moumen
سيدي مومن
Arrondissement of Casablanca
Sidi Moumen is located in Greater Casablanca
Sidi Moumen
Sidi Moumen
Location in Greater Casablanca
Coordinates: 33°35′41″N 7°31′37″W / 33.59472°N 7.52694°W / 33.59472; -7.52694
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
DistrictSidi Bernoussi
Population
 (2004)
 • Total289,253
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

References edit

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