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Hassan II Mosque
The largest mosque in Africa with the world's tallest minaret at 210 meters, partially built over the Atlantic Ocean.
38 km · about 45 min drive
AfricaMoroccoCasablanca-Settat
Berrechid
Casablanca-Settat, Morocco · Africa
About Berrechid
Berrechid sits on the route: 25 minutes from Zawyat an Nwaçer, 38km from Hassan II Mosque.
Berrechid is in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco, with about 150,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zawyat an Nwaçer, about 13 km away.
Berrechid (Arabic: برشيد; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴱⵕⵕⵛⵉⴷ) is a city and municipality in Berrechid Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco.
The city is located about 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Ben Ahmed, 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Settat, 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of Casablanca, 196 kilometres (122Read more
mi) from Marrakesh, and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from El Jadida.
It recorded a population of 168,687 inhabitants in the 2024 Moroccan census.
"Berrechid" is also a metonym for Berrechid Hospital, which first opened as a European-style asylum in 1919 under French colonial rule and was the first place for psychiatric treatment in Morocco.
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Within an hour or so of Berrechid: Hassan II Mosque (38 km), Rick's Café Casablanca (38 km).
Where is Berrechid?
Berrechid is in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco, about 13 km from Zawyat an Nwaçer.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 149,201
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Morocco
- Region
- Casablanca-Settat
- Timezone
- Africa/Casablanca
- Coordinates
- 33.2655, -7.5875
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Morocco
Royal Gendarmerie (outside cities): 177.
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2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Rick's Café Casablanca
A 1930s courtyard mansion built against the medina wall, opened in 2004 by a former US diplomat as a working recreation of the bar from the film Casablanca. Nightly piano and period fittings by designer Bill Willis.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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