City
Casablanca
Morocco
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Hassan II Mosque; Atlantic; Ain Diab Corniche; Mohammed V Square; Ancienne Medina; Art Deco and Art Nouveau; lush urban greenery; French-Moroccan Art Deco
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic coastal viewpoint looking along the shoreline toward the Hassan II Mosque standing over the ocean, showing coastal rocks and sea spray in the foreground, the sweeping Corniche and the majestic minaret and prayer hall in the middle-ground, and the vast Atlantic horizon fading into atmospheric watercolor in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the palm-lined boulevards, Parc de la Ligue Arabe, and the turquoise-green ceramic tilework (zelij) on the minaret.
- Guarded against
- Not Rabat, Marrakech, or Fes
Population3,665,954Wikidata: 3,359,818
Coordinates33.59°N, 7.61°W
Elevation115 m
Area384 km²
Time zoneAfrica/CasablancaUTC+1
Solar noon13:30clock runs 1.5 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Casablanca and you surface nearest to Taipa, New Zealand — 186 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Rabat | MA | 86 km |
| Fes | MA | 246 km |
| Tangier | MA | 294 km |
| Lisbon | PT | 588 km |
| Madrid | ES | 835 km |
| Algiers | DZ | 1,033 km |
| Barcelona | ES | 1,221 km |
| Andorra la Vella | AD | 1,272 km |
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- Amman JO
- Barcelona ES
- Bengaluru IN
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- Busan KR
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- Jeddah SA
- Kuala Lumpur MY
- Montréal CA
- Paris FR
- Ramallah PS
- Rio de Janeiro BR
- Saint Petersburg RU
- Shanghai CN
- Tokyo JP
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