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Derb Sultan is one of the oldest and biggest neighbourhoods in Casablanca. It experienced difficult times in the Moroccan pre-independence days. Derb Sultan granted many martyrs to history that the boulevard Al Fida was named to witness their sacrifices. This neighbourhood is popular in Morocco because it is the founding place of one of the oldest and most famous football clubs Raja_Casablanca in 1949.

Derb Sultan contains many imprtant places that attract as much tourists as Moroccans

  • The only coache station in Casablanca [[Gare_routière_Casablanca-Ouled_Ziane]]
  • Train station Mers sultan
  • habous the cultural and religious center of Casablanca
  • Commercial Market Al qurayaa or القريعة
  • Zaouiat Lhaj Iddar زاوية الحاج إيدار for traditional healing
  • Bousbir a walled-off brothel quarter

Many celebrities were born or raised there like:

  • Said Mouskir
  • Omar Lorfi
  • Mouhcine Metouali
  • l'Haj Moughit
  • Brahim Zahar(TATOM)
  • ISSAM
  • Mariem Chedid
  • Hman
  • Hddaoui
  • S'hita
  • Abdelkader Motaa
  • Moustafa Dassoukin
  • Abderahmane Rahoul.

Category:Neighbourhoods of Casablanca