Morocco

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

Kinrick o Morocco ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (Berber leids) المملكة المغربية (Arabic)
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Motto:  لله، الوطن، الملك  (Arabic) Allah, Al Watan, Al Malik ⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ⴰⵎⵓⵔ, ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ  (Berber leids) "God, Hameland, Keeng"
Anthem:  النشيد الوطني المغربي  (Arabic) ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ  (Berber leids) Cherifian Anthem
Caipital	Rabat 34°02′N 6°51′W / 34.033°N 6.850°W / 34.033; -6.850
Lairgest ceety	Casablanca 33°32′N 7°35′W / 33.533°N 7.583°W / 33.533; -7.583
Offeecial leids	Arabic Berber
Native laeids	Moroccan Arabic Berber Hassaniya Arabic
Ither leids	French[Notes 1]
Ethnic groups (2014[1])	Arab-Berber 99% other 1%
Releegion	Sunni Islam[a] (offeecial)[2]
Demonym(s)	Moroccan
Govrenment	Unitar pairlamentar constitutional monarchy[3]
• Keeng	Mohammed VI (محمد السادس, ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵉⵙⵙ ⵚⴹⵉⵚ)
• Prime Meenister	Aziz Akhannouch (عزيز أخنوش, ⵄⴰⵣⵉⵣ ⴰⵅⵏⵓⵛ)
Legislatur	Pairlament
• Upper house	Hoose o Cooncillors
• Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Moroccan stateheid
• Idrisid dynasty (first)	789
• Alaouite dynasty (current)	1666
• Pertectorate established	30 March 1912
• Unthirldom	7 April 1956
Aurie
• Total	710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi) or 446,550 km2[b] (40t or 58t)
• Water (%)	0.056 (250 km2)
Population
• 1 September 2014 census	33,848,242[4]
• Density	73.1/km2 (189.3/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$274.53 billion[5]
• Per capita	$8,194[6]
GDP (nominal)	2015 estimate
• Tot	$103.08 billion[7]
• Per capita	$3,077[8]
Gini (2007)	40.9[9] medium
HDI (2014)	0.628[10] medium · 126t
Currency	Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Time zone	UTC​ (GMT[11])
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (GMT+1)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+212
ISO 3166 code	MA
Internet TLD	.ma
^ Offeecial releegion. ^ The area 446,550 km2 (172,410 sq mi) excludes aw disputit territories, while 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi) includes the Moroccan-admeenistered pairts o Wastren Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic bi the Polisario Front).

Morocco (Arabic: المغرب‎, al-Maġrib, [al.maɣrib]; Moroccan Arabic: المغرب, el-Maġrib; Berber leids: ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ, ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ; French: Maroc), offeecially the Kinrick o Morocco^[12] (Arabic: المملكة المغربية‎, al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya, [al.mamlaka l.maɣribijja]), is a kintra locatit in North Africae. It haes a population o nearly 32 million an an aurie o 710,850 km², includin the disputit Wastren Sahara which is mainly unner Moroccan admeenistration. Morocco haes a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait o Gibraltar intae the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered bi Spain tae the north (a watter mairch throu the Strait an land borders wi three smaw Spaingie-controlled exclaves, Ceuta, Melilla, an Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), Algerie tae the east, ane Mauritanie tae the sooth.^[13]

Morocco is a de jure constitutional monarchy wi an electit parliament. The Keeng o Morocco holds vast executive pouers, includin dissolvin parliament at will. Executive pouer is exercised bi the govrenment an bi the king as well. Legislative pouer is vestit in baith the govrenment an the twa chambers o parliament, the Assembly o Representatives an the Assembly o Councillors. The king can an aa issue decrees cawed dahirs which hae the force o law. Parliamentary elections wur held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, an wur considered bi some neutral observers tae be maistly free an fair; awtho voter turnout wis estimatit tae be 37%, the lawest in decades. The politeecal caipital is Rabat, an the lairgest ceety is Casablanca; ither lairge ceeties include Zagora, Marrakech, Fes, Salé, Agadir, Tangier, Meknes, Oujda an Tetouan.

Morocco haes a rich cultur an civilization, which remained mainly indigenous throughoot times an the Moroccan cuisine haes lang been considered as ane o the maist diversified cuisines in the warld. The population is almaist entirely Arab-Berber. Awtho Arabic is the majority leid,^[14] modern studies show that the Arabization process in Morocco wis maistly linguistic. The Moroccans or Moroccan Arabs, ar a lairgely homogenous group speakin Moroccan Arabic, awtho regional variation daes occur. The Berber fowk in Morocco can be dividit in three main groups wi different dialects: the Riffians, the Chleuh an the Central Atlas indwallers.
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1. ↑ "Morocco". World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
2. ↑ "Morocco in CIA World Factbook". CIA.gov. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
3. ↑ "Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco, I-1" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 18 Mey 2012. Retrieved 9 Januar 2013.
4. ↑ "Note sur les premiers résultats du Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014". HCP. 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
5. ↑ "Morocco – GDP (PPP based)". Knoema.
6. ↑ "Morocco – GDP per capita (PPP based)". Knoema.
7. ↑ "Morocco – GDP". Knoema.
8. ↑ "Morocco – GDP per capita". Knoema.
9. ↑ "World Bank GINI index".
10. ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
11. ↑ L'horaire d'été (GMT+1) maintenu jusqu'au 27 octobre 2013 Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Ministère de la Fonction Publique et de la Modernisation de l'Administration. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
12. ↑ Conventional long form: Kingdom of Morocco - Conventional short form: Morocco - Local lang form: al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya - Local cutty form: al-Maġrib Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine - CIA World Factbook
13. ↑ Pending resolution o the Wastren Sahara conflict.
14. ↑ "Morocco's Cuture". Retrieved 16 September 2010.