Berrechid ( Barchid in Arabic) is a city of the Morocco which is located in the area Chaouia wardigha. It is with 30  km of Casablanca, the economic capital. This small town counts: 54215  inhabitants (2004). Berrechid is known for its industrial park classified 3rd on the level of all the country after that of Casablanca and Tangier. Agriculture is not absent in this city since its participation at the Moroccan national level is of 13,25  %.

History

The town of Berrechid is a municipality in the province of Settat. It belongs to the area Chaouia Ouardigha. This city was built by the Errachid family in 1805, in order to control the commercial exchanges.

In 1920, the majority of constructions settled around the French administrative city, which bears now the name “Place Elistiklale”.

Beginning 1970, of the production facilities have creates an industrial park on a surface of 120  hectares.

At the end of the years 1970, the productive apparatus of the city was composes of ten unit modest sizes occupying a few hundreds workmen. By swarming of looseness from Casablanca, a fabric of industrialist developed, packed and diversified and today nearly a hundred companies are operational, offering approximately 8.000 established posts particularly in the textile, chemistry and parachimy, mechanics.

From 1980, the city knew demographic trends and the urbanization believed, because of the presence of an important park industrial, which evolved/moved the economy and the trade in the city.

Geography

It is located in the middle of the plains of the area “Chaouia-Ouardigha”, which is known by its strategic site. Berrechid is located in the crossroads which connects between Casablanca, Bénimellal “through Khoribga” and Marrakech.

It is with 32  km of Casablanca, 12  km of the airport Mohamed V, 30  km of Settat, 196  km of Marrakech, 90  km of Eljadida and 115  km of Reduction the capital.

Economy

The town of Berrechid:

• takes part by 13,25  % in the national agricultural production;
• has an industrial park, of a surface of 412  hectares, with 104  production facilities in various fields: electric, food, cosmetic fabrics, mechanics, products, agricultural, etc
• organizes each year the Festival of Spring during June at the time which the industrialists expose their products, as one musical evening which is organized and of the Tbourida with horses of Arab origin.

External bonds

• Official site of the town of Barchid (Berrechid)
• Barchid Antan
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