Morocco

Kingdom of Morocco

  • المملكة المغربية  (Arabic)
    al-Mamlakat al-Maġribiyah

  • ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ  (Berber)
    Tagldit N Lmaġrib
Motto: 
الله، الوطن، الملك  (Arabic)
Allāh, al-Waṭan, al-Malik
ⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ⴰⵎⵓⵔ, ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ  (Tamazight)
Akuc, Amur, Agllid
"God, Homeland, King"
Anthem: 
النشيد الوطني المغربي  (Arabic)
Cherifian Anthem
Dark red: Internationally recognized territory of Morocco. Lighter striped red: Western Sahara, a non-decolonized territory claimed by Morocco as its Southern Provinces.
Dark red: Internationally recognized territory of Morocco.
Lighter striped red: Western Sahara, a non-decolonized territory claimed by Morocco as its Southern Provinces.
CapitalRabat
Largest cityCasablanca
Official languages
Native languages[c]Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit),
Ethnic groups
1% Other
Demonym(s)Moroccan
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy[2]
• King
Mohammed VI
Saadeddine Othmani
LegislatureParliament
House of Councillors
House of Representatives
Independence
• from France
March 2, 1956
• from Spain
April 7, 1956
Area
• Total
446,550 km2 (172,410 sq mi)[f] or 710,850 km2 [f]  (58th or 40th)
• Water (%)
0.056 (250 km2)
Population
• 2013 estimate
32,878,400 (38th)
• Density
73.1/km2 (189.3/sq mi) (122nd)
GDP (PPP)2013 estimate
• Total
$181.9 billion[3] (56th)
• Per capita
$5,537[3] (114th)
GDP (nominal)2013 estimate
• Total
$107.1 billion[3] (59th)
• Per capita
$3,260[3] (117th)
Gini (2007)40.9[4]
medium
HDI (2013)Increase 0.591
medium · 130th
CurrencyMoroccan dirham (MAD)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (GMT)
Driving sideright
Calling code+212
ISO 3166 codeMA
Internet TLD.ma, المغرب.
  1. ^ French is also used in official government documents and by the business community, although it has no official status.[5]
  2. ^ 13.5% fluent, 19.5% partially fluent.[6]
  3. ^ See Languages of Morocco.
  4. ^ Primarily Riffian, Shilha and Central Tamazight.
  5. ^ Primarily Darija and Hassaniya.
  6. ^ 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 Republic by the Polisario Front).
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Kingdom of Morocco or just Morocco (Berber: Tagldit n Murakuc, Arabic: المملكة المغربية) is a country in North Africa.

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Moroccan Constitution" (PDF). sgg.gov.ma. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  2. "Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco, I-1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Morocco". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  4. World Bank GINI index
  5. "Morocco Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine." () CIA World Factbook. Retrieved on 13 October 2012. "French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)"
  6. "La Francophonie dans le monde Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine." () Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. p. 16. Retrieved on 15 October 2012.

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