a city of Morocco, capital of the region and prefecture Chaouia the province of Settat. She located 57 km from Casablanca on the road to Marrakech. Its population was 116 570 inhabitants in 2004. City History: By choosing to build the Kasbah on the hilly site of Settat, Moulay Ismail would trigger the process of urbanization of this site. Indeed, the building of the Kasbah has brought order and security as well to passengers and residents and promoted human settlements in its vicinity. Moreover, by installing the first Kingpin of this region depended previously Kingpin Doukkali and Rahmani, Moulay Ismail Settat made official as the chief town of the region. The city of Settat became an administrative center in early thirteenth century, due to its strategic position as a vital crossing point between the South and North. Thanks to the richness of the soil, it has prospered and established during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries an important trading center for agricultural products, attracting very enterprising people. This was the case of Moroccans of Jewish faith who settled mass in the nineteenth century, building their own neighborhood, Mellah, near the Kasbah. This development has been disrupted in the early twentieth century during the period of the Siba (anarchy) and colonization which fiercely opposed the tribes rallied to Moulay Hafid Chaouia. Under the French protectorate, the city of Settat has experienced unprecedented urban development, as evidenced by the population boom it experienced from 1913 to 1925 and returned together with its commercial past. This prosperity lasted until the early fifties when, as a result of the development of Casablanca, communication channels and means of transport, the city of Settat and other towns in the region entered a period of semi-lethargy. In the early 1990s, it was with a university, an international golf course and a racecourse. Settat has made major urban works from the 1970s to become an important regional center. The industry developed there with one of the most dynamic industrial areas of Morocco. Settat is connected to Casablanca (57 km) since 2001 by the A7 motorway, and Marrakech (146 km) since 2007 Habitat: During 1999, it was issued in the province of Settat 1448 building permits. The cost housing leads with 1053 permissions. Category Permissions surfaces built Habitat Economic 1053315900 Villas 159 19 883 Real Estate 47 14 13 255 189 100 Various Total 1,448,363,138 In 1999, the number of allowed subdivisions of 230 lots was distributed among the various stakeholders in this sector as follows : Private Sector: 104 Co: 98 Fellowships: 16 Commaunes: 12 Education: Settat has 12 schools, 5 colleges, 5 high schools and 12 private school groups. It also houses the University Hassan I, one of the most prestigious institutions of the kingdom.
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