Ben Ahmed

{{For|the French Olympic athlete|Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Ben Ahmed | native_name_lang = ar | other_name = El Aalwa | native_name = بن أحمد | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Siège de la municipalité de Ben Ahmed.jpg | image_caption = A grand city hall resembling a miniature model of the White House | pushpin_map = Morocco | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Morocco | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Morocco}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Casablanca-Settat | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Settat | area_total_km2 = 3.09 | population_as_of = 2014 | population_total = 31846 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | coordinates = {{coord|33.0655|N|7.2464|W|source:kolossus-itwiki|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 642 | elevation_ft = 2106 }} '''Ben Ahmed''' (Moroccan Arabic: بن أحمد) is a city in Settat Province, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco. According to the 2014 census it has a population of 31,846. The city is located between Berrechid and Khouribga, about 39 km from each of them. It is also 40 km from Settat and around 70 km from Casablanca.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2014|url=https://rgph2014.hcp.ma/downloads/Resultats-globaux-RGPH-2014_t18649.html|access-date=2023-08-21|website=HCP|language=fr}}</ref>

In the 1950s, Samuel-Daniel Levy and the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco established the Sanatorium Israélite Ben Ahmed, a sanatorium dedicated to Jewish patients with tuberculosis in Ben Ahmed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julia Schulte-Werning Lectures on Tuberculosis, Jewish Organizations, and the State in Decolonizing Morocco {{!}} JDC Archives |url=https://archives.jdc.org/julia-schulte-werning-lectures-on-tuberculosis-in-morocco/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Kenbib |first=Mohammed |title=Levy, Samuel-Daniel |work=Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online |url=https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EJIO/SIM-0013800.xml |access-date=2025-01-10 |publisher=Brill |language=en |doi=10.1163/1878-9781_ejiw_sim_0013800 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==References== <references />{{Settat Province}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Populated places in Settat Province Category:Municipalities of Morocco