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COUNTRY FACTS: MOROCCO
Name(official): Kingdom of Morocco
Name(short): Morocco
Capital City: Rabat
Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara.
Coordinate: 32 00 N, 5 00 W
Independence: (From France) March 2nd; 1956.
President: King MOHAMED VI (king and head of state),
Driss JETTOU (Prime Minister)
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy.
Total Area: 446 550sq.km.
Population: 32 241 259 (July 2006 est.)
People: Arab-Berbers 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2%.
Religion: Muslims 98.7%, christians 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%.
Languages: Arabic(official), Berber dialects, French -offficial language for business and diplomacy.
Literacy: 51.7%total, 64.1%male, 39.4%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Moroccan dirhams(MAD)
GDP(per capita): $4 100
Arable Land: 19% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: Barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives, livestocks.
Natural resources: Phosphate, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco,
Chancery: 5-4-30 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku.
Post Code: 107-0062, Tel. 03-5485-7171
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Tokyo
General Info:
International Phone Code: +212

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

  • Tourism:
    • High Atlas
    • The Sahara (world's largest desert)
    • Lalla Fatma Beach
    • Plage Quemada, Al Hoceima (Beach)
    • Tangier Town Beach
    • Cedar Forest Wildlife -South of Azrou
    • Wetland Wildlife -Madja Zerga

MAJOR CITIES

Casablanca, Fes, Marrakesh, Rabat, Safi, Ouarzazate, kenitra, Tangier.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

15 regions; Grand Casablanca, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Doukkala-Abda, Fes-Boulemane, Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen, Guelmim-Es Smara, Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Meknes-Tafilalet, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Souss-Massa-Draa, Tadla-Azilal, Tanger-Tetouan, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate.
Note: Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara, the political status of which is considered undetermined by the US Government; portions of the regions Guelmim-Es Smara and Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra as claimed by Morocco lie within Western Sahara; Morocco claims another region, Oued Eddahab-Lagouira, which falls entirely within Western Sahara.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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