Maârif

Maârif or El Maârif (Arabic: المعاريف, lit. 'the notables') is one of the 16 arrondissements of Casablanca, the biggest city of the Casablanca-Settat region and of Morocco. As of 2024, it had 139,669 inhabitants.^[1]

Maârif المعاريف ⵍⵎⵄⴰⵔⵉⴼ
Arrondissement of Casablanca
Casablanca Twin Center from boulevard Al Massira Al Khadra.
Maârif المعاريف ⵍⵎⵄⴰⵔⵉⴼ Location in Greater Casablanca
Coordinates: 33°34′12″N 7°38′09″W
Country	Morocco
Region	Casablanca-Settat
Préfecture	Casablanca
Population  (2024)
• Total	139,669
Geocode	06.141.01.03

Not to be confused with the neighborhood of the same name. This article is about the arrondissement..

It is bounded to the north by boulevard d'Anfa and Mohamed Zerktouni, to the east by avenue 2 Mars and Nador, to the south by the Casablanca urban highway, and to the west by boulevard Ghandi and Route d'El Jadida.^[2]

The current President of this arrondissement is Abdessadek Morchid (بد الصادق مرشد).

District

Meetings

The arrondissement representatives meet 3 times a year, during the first week of january, june and september. These meetings are generally open to the public.

Representatives

Since the 2021 local elections, the President of the Maarif District is Abdessadek Morchid (عبد الصادق مرشد).

List of local representatives for Maârif
Abdessadek Morchid	عبد الصادق مرشد	Président of Maârif
	فاطمة الزهراء البدراوي	Member of the Council
	عبد الحق نودير	Member of the Council
	هدى سحايل	Member of the Council
	البشير كوكي	Member of the Council
	هدى عسبي	Member of the Council
	يوسف زاهد	Member of the Council
Siham Daghmi	سهام الذغمي	Member of the Council
Youssef Fahmi	يوسف فهمي	Member of the Council
	عبدالقادر حيات	Member of the Council
Mustapha Haikar	مصطفى حيكر	Member of the Council
Loubna Cherif Kanouni	لبنى شريف كنوني	Member of the Council
Hassan Berkani	حسان بركاني	Member of the Council
	حسناء بوشروب	Member of the Council
Abdessamad Haikar	عبد الصمد حيكر	Member of the Council
	اميمة الاصماعي	Member of the Council
Lakhdar Hamdani	لخضر حمداني	Member of the Council
	حيات الدنكير	Member of the Council
Abdelouahed Chaouki	عبد الواحد شوقي	Member of the Council
Abdallah Abaakil	عبدالله ابعقيل	Member of the Council

History

In 1949, the musician Salim Halali settled in Morocco and transformed an old café in Maârif into a prestigious cabaret, Le Coq d'Or, where Warda Al-Jazairia and El-Haja El-Hamdaouia performed.^[3] In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators.^[4]

Rue du Jura in 2013, before renovations.

The novelist Mohamed Zafzaf also lived in the neighborhood.^[5]

Demography

According to the 2024 General Census of Population and Housing by the High Commission for Planning, Maârif has 139,669 inhabitants..^[6]

Date	Population
1994	179 296
2004	180 394
2014	170 689
2024	139 669