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Sidi Kacem
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| Country | Morocco |
| Region | Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 74,062 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
Sidi Kacem (Arabic: سيدي قاسم) is a city in Morocco. It is located at around . During the French period, it was called Petitjean, after a French captain who was killed in May 1911 during the "pacification" of Morocco. Oil drilling exploration commenced in the vicinity of Sidi Kacem by the French in 1934; production of crude oil began locally in 1939.[1]
Slightly to the south of Sidi Kacem, in antiquity, Volubilis was an important Roman town near the westernmost border of the Roman Empire. It was built on the site of a previous Carthaginian settlement from the third century BC, if not earlier.[2]
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