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Overview

Casablanca is a city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

in western Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca

Grand Casablanca

Grand Casablanca is one of sixteen administrative regions of Morocco. Located in coastal north western Morocco, it is the most densely populated region and covers an area of 1,615 km.² The population at the 2010 census was 7,500,000...

region.

Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port

Port

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....

. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb

Maghreb

The Maghreb is the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. It includes five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara...

. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture of Casablanca and 3,631,061 in the region of Grand Casablanca

Grand Casablanca

Grand Casablanca is one of sixteen administrative regions of Morocco. Located in coastal north western Morocco, it is the most densely populated region and covers an area of 1,615 km.² The population at the 2010 census was 7,500,000...

. Casablanca is considered the economic and business center of Morocco, while the political capital city of Morocco is Rabat

Rabat

Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

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Casablanca hosts headquarters and main industrial facilities for the leading Moroccan and international companies based in Morocco.

Discussions

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Quotations

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Ranked 67 in the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes|American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Ranked 20 in the "100 Movie Quotes" list File:Principal Cast in Casablanca Trailer crop.jpg|144px|thumb|right| I am shocked — shocked— to find that gambling is going on in here!

I'm only a poor corrupt official.

[about Ugarte] I'm making out the report now. We haven't quite decided whether he committed suicide or died trying to escape.

I am shocked — shocked— to find that gambling is going on in here!

Mysterious City of Sin and Intrigue!

They had a date with fate in Casablanca!

As big and timely a picture as ever you've seen! You can tell by the cast it's important! Gripping! Big!

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