Casablanca is located in Western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and main port region, responsible for more than half of Morocco’s industrial production (glass, electronics, beer, and soft drinks). Casablanca is also a major fish and seafood region. Casablanca was settled in 1515 on land that once held the prosperous city of Anfa. The city was almost destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. In 1907 the French occupied Casablanca. During WWII Casablanca was the sire of three major allied landings, and was also the site of a conference between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in 1943. The estimated population of Casablanca is over 3 million residents. Casablanca is home to the Goethe-Institut and the Hassan II mosque, one of the world’s largest.
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