Sidi Belyout
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Sidi Belyout
سيدي بليوط | |
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Arrondissement of Casablanca | |
  Sidi Belyout Location in Greater Casablanca | |
| Coordinates: 33°35′04″N 7°38′14″W / 33.58444°N 7.63722°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Casablanca-Settat |
| Prefecture | Casablanca |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 218,918 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Sidi Belyout (Arabic: سيدي بليوط) is one of the 16 arrondissements of Casablanca, the largest city in the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 218,918 inhabitants.[1]
The name comes from a ḍarīḥ (ضَرِيْح 'mausoleum') dedicated to Sidi Belyout, or Abu al-Liyuth (أبو الليوث 'father of the lions'), regarded as a walī ṣāliḥ (ولي صالح 'saint').[2]
The current President of this district is Kenza Chraibi. (كنزة شرايبي بوهالي)