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Kingdom of Morocco
  • المملكة المغربية (Arabic)
  • ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (Berber)
Flag of Morocco
Coat of arms of Morocco
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: 
لله، الوطن، الملك  (Arabic)
Allah, Al Watan, Al Malik
ⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ⴰⵎⵓⵔ, ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ  (Berber)

"God, Homeland, King"
Anthem: 
النشيد الوطني المغربي  (Arabic)
ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ  (Berber)
Cherifian Anthem
Dark green: Internationally recognized territory of Morocco.Lighter green: Western Sahara, a territory claimed and mostly controlled by Morocco as its Southern Provinces
Dark green: Internationally recognized territory of Morocco.
Lighter green: Western Sahara, a territory claimed and mostly controlled by Morocco as its Southern Provinces
Capital Rabat
34°02′N 6°51′W / 34.033°N 6.850°W / 34.033; -6.850
Largest city Casablanca
33°32′N 7°35′W / 33.533°N 7.583°W / 33.533; -7.583
Official languages
Native languages
Other languages French
Ethnic groups (2014)
  • Arab-Berber 99%
  • other 1%
Religion Sunni Islam (official)
Demonym Moroccan
Government Unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
• King
Mohammed VI
Saadeddine Othmani
Legislature Parliament
House of Councillors
House of Representatives
Moroccan statehood
• Idrisid dynasty (first)
789
• Alaouite dynasty (current)
1666
30 March 1912
7 April 1956
Area
• Total
710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi)
or 446,550 km2
(40th or 58th)
• Water (%)
0.056 (250 km2)
Population
• 1 September 2014 census
33,848,242
• Density
73.1/km2 (189.3/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2015 estimate
• Total
$274.53 billion
• Per capita
$8,194
GDP (nominal) 2015 estimate
• Total
$103.08 billion
• Per capita
$3,077
Gini (2007) 40.9
medium
HDI (2014) Increase 0.628
medium · 126th
Currency Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Time zone GMT(UTC​)
• Summer (DST)
GMT+1 (UTC+1)
Drives on the right
Calling code +212
ISO 3166 code MA
Internet TLD .ma
  1. ^ Official religion.
  2. ^ The area 446,550 km2 (172,410 sq mi) excludes all disputed territories, while 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi) includes the Moroccan-administered parts of Western Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic by the Polisario Front).

Coordinates: 32°N 6°W / 32°N 6°W / 32; -6

Morocco (Listeni/məˈrɒk/; Arabic: المَغرِب‎, translit. al-maġrib, lit. 'place the sun sets; the west'‎; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ‎, translit. Lmeɣrib‎; French: Maroc), officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية‎, translit. al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah‎, lit. "The Western Kingdom"; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ‎, translit. Tageldit n Lmaɣrib‎) is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert, and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.


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