Berrechid
Berrechid
برشيد | |
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Municipality and city | |
Berrechid Province administration building in Berrechid | |
Berrechid Location in Morocco Berrechid Berrechid (Africa) | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Region | Casablanca-Settat |
| Province | Berrechid |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 136,634 |
| • Rank | 23rd in Morocco |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Berrechid (Arabic: برشيد) is a city and municipality in Berrechid Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The city is located about 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Ben Ahmed, 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Settat, 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of Casablanca, 196 kilometres (122 mi) from Marrakesh, and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from El Jadida.
It recorded a population of 136,634 inhabitants in the 2014 Moroccan census.[1] At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 89,830 people living in 18,808 households.[2]
"Berrechid" is also a metonym for Berrechid Hospital, which first opened as a European-style asylum in 1919 under French colonial rule and was the first place for psychiatric treatment in Morocco.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Stein, D. (2000-11-28). "Views of mental illness in Morocco: Western medicine meets the traditional symbolic". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 163 (11): 1468–1470. ISSN 0820-3946. PMC 80417. PMID 11192655.
- ^ Corfield, Justin (2013). "Morocco". In Scull, Andrew (ed.). Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. SAGE Publishing. p. 555. ISBN 9781483388991.