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عمالة الدار البيضاء أنفا

English translation: prefecture, province

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Arabic term or phrase:عمالة
English translation:prefecture, province
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

20:56 Oct 28, 2002
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents / birth certificate
Arabic term or phrase: عمالة الدار البيضاء أنفا
This expression appears in Moroccan birth certificate:

المملكة المغربية
وزارة الداخلية
عمالة الدار البيضاء أنفا
الجماعة الحضرية مولاي يوسف

I am assuming that عمالة and الجماعة الحضرية are administraive divisions. If so, what do they correspond to? and what does أنفا mean? is it part of Casablanca?

Thank you very much.
Fuad Yahya
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Explanation:
Ali Darwish' description of عمالة is accurate. Casablanca is a welaya, divided into several عمالات, where a عمالة is governed by a عامل. These are large divisions, maybe similar to the Egyptian محافظة.

At the municipal level, you have الجماعة الحضرية. This is the locality where the birth and death registrations are normally recorded. A well known municipality in Casablanca is مولاي يوسف.

The explanation is courtsey of my Moroccan Colleague at work, Bachar Bouazza. He was kind enough to call a friend who comes from Casablanca Anfa and get this information.

My contribution, is the explanation rather than a translation. I hope it helps.

Regards,

Alaa Zeineldine
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Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 16:43
Grading comment
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Casablanca- Anfa Prefecture
Ali Darwish
5 -1Casablanca-Anfa Province
ALI DJEBLI
4See explanation
Alaa Zeineldine


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Casablanca- Anfa Prefecture


Explanation:
Hi Fuad,

عمالة in The Maghreb is prefecture or province, in this context. عاملة الدار البيضاء - أنفا is the CASABLANCA-ANFA prefecture.

CASABLANCA-ANFA (préfecture)

Check out this link:

http://www.mincom.gov.ma/french/adr_util/listwila.html

Good luck,
Ali

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Note added at 2002-10-28 21:46:18 (GMT)
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Oops. عمالة الدار البيضاء - أنفا.

Ali Darwish
Australia
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 49

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Azimof
17 mins
  -> thank you Azimof
agree  Saleh Ayyub
1 hr
  -> Thank you Saleh. Compare this to Tokyo Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture etc...
agree  Alaa Zeineldine
3 days 8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Casablanca-Anfa Province


Explanation:
I would use province. Prefecture is French...

ALI DJEBLI
United States
Local time: 10:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 45

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ali Darwish: Sorry, Ali. Prefecture is perfectly English.
38 mins
  -> Maybe in the UK, NOT in the US...
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3 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
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Explanation:
Ali Darwish' description of عمالة is accurate. Casablanca is a welaya, divided into several عمالات, where a عمالة is governed by a عامل. These are large divisions, maybe similar to the Egyptian محافظة.

At the municipal level, you have الجماعة الحضرية. This is the locality where the birth and death registrations are normally recorded. A well known municipality in Casablanca is مولاي يوسف.

The explanation is courtsey of my Moroccan Colleague at work, Bachar Bouazza. He was kind enough to call a friend who comes from Casablanca Anfa and get this information.

My contribution, is the explanation rather than a translation. I hope it helps.

Regards,

Alaa Zeineldine

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 16:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 431
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody for the valuable input.
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