Roches Noires الصخور السوداء | |
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district (borough) ofCasablanca | |
  Roches Noires Location in Greater Casablanca | |
| Coordinates:33°36′N7°35′W / 33.600°N 7.583°W /33.600; -7.583 | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Casablanca-Settat |
| District | Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 104,310 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Roches Noires orAssoukhour Assawda (Arabic:الصخور السوداء) is an arrondissement of easternCasablanca, in theAïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of theCasablanca-Settat region ofMorocco. As of 2004 it had 104,310 inhabitants.[1]
A Frenchman namedEugène Lendrat founded the Roches Noires neighborhood and builtÉglise de Sainte Marguerite, a church inNeo-Gothic style replicating an 1860 church byÉmile Boeswillwald inPau, France.[2] The church in Roches Noires was converted intoAl-Quds Mosque after Morocco regained its independence.[3]
The French-Moroccan architectJean-François Zevaco designed theVincent Timsit Workshop on Blvd. Moulay Ismail in 1952.[4]
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