Official Name: | Derb Sultan |
Coordinates: | 33.5694°N -7.6014°W |
Parts Type: | Neighborhood |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Established Date: | 20 mars 1949 |
Pushpin Map: | Morocco#Africa |
Pushpin Mapsize: | Location of Derb Sultan within Morocco |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name1: | Grand Casablanca |
Subdivision Name2: | Casablanca |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Established Title: | Established |
Derb Sultan (Arabic: درب السلطان) is one of the largest and oldest neighborhoods in Casablanca. It is part of the prefecture of district Al Fida-Mers Sultan. It is known for being one of the cradles of colonial resistance against the French protectorate in Morocco. During the 1930s and 1940s, Derb Sultan knew a vast wave of migration coming from other Moroccan regions, especially the regions of Souss and Draa in the south.[1]
This district is known to be the place where Moroccan unions founded, on March 20 1949 in the small café of Ba'saleh, one of the most famous Arab and African clubs, the Raja Club Athletic.[2]