| Official
Name : |
AL-MAMLAKA AL-MAGHREBIA (Kingdom of Morocco) |
| Total
Area: |
446,550
square kilometres. |
| Population: |
32 million (2011 estimate). |
| Languages: |
Arabic (official), Berber dialects including Rif, Tamazight and Shlub groups, French, Spanish. |
| Religions: |
Sunni Muslim 98%, Christian 1%. |
| Capital: |
Rabat. Population is 1.77 million. |
| Currency: |
dirham, divided into 100 centimes. |
| Independant: |
1956, from France. |
| Geography: |
Morocco's terrain generally is upland plateau or mountain range. Half of the total is semiarid plateau comprising the east Moroccan, Rabat Coastal, and the Saharan high plains. The Atlas mountain system dominates the high relief from the Rif along the Mediterranean, to the Haut (High) and the Anti Atlas in the south. The fertile northeast, northwest, and the High Atlas Plateau provide most of Morocco's cultivated land. |
| Flag: |
Is red with a green pentacle is known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and signifies the association between God and the nation; design dates to 1912. To print flag below, right-click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. Flag ratio is 2:3. |
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