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Kingdom of Morocco
Motto: 
الله، الوطن، الملك  (Arabic)
ⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ⴰⵎⵓⵔ, ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ (Standard Moroccan Tamazight)
"God, Homeland, King"
Anthem: 
النشيد الوطني المغربي  (Arabic)
ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ  (Standard Moroccan Tamazight)
(English: "National Anthem of Morocco")
Location of Morocco in northwest Africa. Dark green: Undisputed territory of Morocco. Lighter green: Western Sahara, a territory claimed and occupied mostly by Morocco as its Southern Provinces[note 1]
Location of Morocco in northwest Africa.
Dark green: Undisputed territory of Morocco.
Lighter green: Western Sahara, a territory claimed and occupied mostly by Morocco as its Southern Provinces[note 1]
CapitalRabat
34°02′N6°51′W / 34.033°N 6.850°W / 34.033; -6.850
Largest cityCasablanca
33°32′N7°35′W / 33.533°N 7.583°W / 33.533; -7.583
Official languages
Spoken languages
Foreign languagesEnglishSpanish[4]
Ethnic groups
(2014[5])
Religion
Demonym(s)Moroccan
GovernmentUnitaryparliamentarysemi-constitutional monarchy[6]
• King
Mohammed VI
Saadeddine Othmani
LegislatureParliament
House of Councillors
House of Representatives
Establishment
788
• Alaouite dynasty(current dynasty)
1631
30 March 1912
7 April 1956
Area
• Total
710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi)
or 446,550 km2 (172,410 sq mi)[b]
(39th or 57th)
• Water (%)
0.056 (250 km2)
Population
• 2020 estimate
37,112,080[7] (39th)
• 2014 census
33,848,242[8]
• Density
50.0/km2 (129.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
$332.358 billion[9]
• Per capita
$9,339[9]
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
$122.458 billion[9]
• Per capita
$3,441[9]
Gini (2015)40.3[10]
medium
HDI (2019)Increase 0.686[11]
medium · 121st
CurrencyMoroccan dirham (MAD)
Time zoneUTC+1[12]
Driving sideright
Calling code+212
ISO 3166 codeMA
Internet TLD.ma
المغرب.
  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-claimed and partially-controlled parts of Western Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic by the Polisario Front). Morocco also claims Ceuta and Melilla, making up about 22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi) more claimed territory.

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021


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