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Morocco

**Capital:** Rabat

**Latitude:** 34.02

**Longitude:** -6.51

**Population:** 31,627,428 (rank=38)

**Area, sq. mi.:** 172,413 (rank=57)

**Area, sq. km.:** 446,550 **Human Dev. Index rank:** 130 of 182 countries

**Adjusted for women:** 111 of 155 countries

**Real GDP per capita:** $4,108

**Adult literacy rate:** 69% (male); 43% (female)

**Infant mortality rate:** 37 per 1,000 births

**Life expectancy:** 69 (male); 73 (female)

**Currency:** Moroccan dirham **Languages:** Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects **Religions:** 1.1% Christian, 98.7% Muslim, 0.2% Jewish <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Government:** Constitutional Monarchy <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Climate:** Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts- mild climate, hot summers, cooled down breezes coming from the Sea and the Ocean; wet and rainy short winter <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Ethnic Groups:** Arabic, Tangier and French <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Illicit Drugs:** Morocco supplies between 60 - 70% of the cannabis seized in Europe <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Independence:** March 2, 1956 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Suffrage:** Universal starting at 18 years of age <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Annual growth rate (2009 est.):** 1.479%. //Birth rate// (2009 est.)--20.96 births/1,000 population <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Location:** North Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, southern border with Western Sahara, eastern border with Algeria

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**﻿Did you know?**
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿In 1787, the United States signed a peace and friendship treaty with Morocco
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The treaty is still in force
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ceuta and Melilla, in northern Morocco are two coastal enclaves controlled by Spain
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A way to show respect to elders when greeting them is rural children may kiss their right hand
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is impolite to finish eating before the hosts, in traditional homes

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**﻿The Flag:**


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On November 17, 1915 the flag of Morocco was most recently adopted
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It features a green pentagram on a red background
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The red flag was first used in the 1600's
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1912, the green star was adopted to distinguish the flag from other nations' flag

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**﻿Behind The Name:**


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Morocco is the common name
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Official name is the Kingdom of Morocco
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also called, Al Maghrib

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**The National Anthem:**
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lyrics by Ali Squalli Houssaini
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Music by Léo Morgan

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