Morocco

Kinrick o Morocco ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ(Berber leids) المملكة المغربية(Arabic)
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Motto: لله، الوطن، الملك(Arabic) Allah, Al Watan, Al Malik ⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ⴰⵎⵓⵔ, ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ(Berber leids) "God, Hameland, Keeng"
Anthem: النشيد الوطني المغربي(Arabic) ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ(Berber leids) Cherifian Anthem
Caipital	Rabat 34°02′N6°51′W
Lairgest ceety	Casablanca 33°32′N7°35′W
Offeecial leids	Arabic Berber
Native laeids	Moroccan Arabic Berber Hassaniya Arabic
Ither leids	French
Ethnic groups (2014)	Arab-Berber 99% other 1%
Releegion	Sunni Islam(offeecial)
Demonym(s)	Moroccan
Govrenment	Unitarpairlamentar constitutional monarchy
•Keeng	Mohammed VI(محمد السادس, ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵉⵙⵙ ⵚⴹⵉⵚ)
•Prime Meenister	Aziz Akhannouch(عزيز أخنوش, ⵄⴰⵣⵉⵣ ⴰⵅⵏⵓⵛ)
Legislatur	Pairlament
•Upper house	Hoose o Cooncillors
•Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Moroccan stateheid
•Idrisid dynasty(first)	789
•Alaouite dynasty(current)	1666
•Pertectorate established	30 March 1912
•Unthirldom	7 April 1956
Aurie
• Total	710,850 km2(274,460 sq mi) or 446,550 km2(40t or 58t)
• Water (%)	0.056(250 km2)
Population
• 1 September 2014 census	33,848,242
• Density	73.1/km2(189.3/sq mi)
GDP(PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$274.53 billion
• Per capita	$8,194
GDP(nominal)	2015 estimate
• Tot	$103.08 billion
• Per capita	$3,077
Gini(2007)	40.9 medium
HDI(2014)	0.628 medium·126t
Currency	Moroccan dirham(MAD)
Time zone	UTC​(GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1(GMT+1)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+212
ISO 3166 code	MA
Internet TLD	.ma
^Offeecial releegion. ^The area 446,550 km2(172,410 sq mi) excludes aw disputit territories, while 710,850 km2(274,460 sq mi) includes the Moroccan-admeenistered pairts oWastren Sahara(claimed as theSahrawi Arab Democratic Republicbi thePolisario Front).

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Territorial organization

Morocco(Arabic:المغرب‎,al-Maġrib,[al.maɣrib];Moroccan Arabic: المغرب,el-Maġrib;Berber leids:ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ,ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ;French:Maroc), offeecially theKinrick o Morocco(Arabic:المملكة المغربية‎,al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya,[al.mamlaka l.maɣribijja]), is a kintra locatit inNorth Africae.It haes a population o nearly 32 million an an aurie o 710,850 km², includin the disputitWastren Saharawhich is mainly unner Moroccan admeenistration. Morocco haes a coast on theAtlantic Oceanthat reaches past theStrait o Gibraltarintae theMediterranean Sea.It is bordered biSpaintae the north (a watter mairch throu the Strait an land borders wi three smaw Spaingie-controlledexclaves,Ceuta,Melilla,anPeñón de Vélez de la Gomera),Algerietae the east, aneMauritanietae the sooth.

Morocco is ade jureconstitutional monarchywi an electit parliament. TheKeeng o Moroccoholds vast executive pouers, includin dissolvin parliament at will.Executive poueris exercised bi thegovrenmentan bi the king as well.Legislative poueris vestit in baith the govrenment an the twa chambers o parliament, theAssembly o Representativesan theAssembly o Councillors.The king can an aa issue decrees caweddahirswhich hae the force o law.Parliamentary electionswur held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, an wur considered bi some neutral observers tae be maistly free an fair; awtho voter turnout wis estimatit tae be 37%, the lawest in decades. The politeecal caipital isRabat,an the lairgest ceety isCasablanca;ither lairge ceeties includeZagora,Marrakech,Fes,Salé,Agadir,Tangier,Meknes,OujdaanTetouan.

Morocco haes a richculturancivilization,which remained mainly indigenous throughoot times an theMoroccan cuisinehaes lang been considered as ane o the maist diversified cuisines in the warld. The population is almaist entirelyArab-Berber.AwthoArabicis the majority leid,modern studies show that theArabizationprocess in Morocco wis maistly linguistic. The Moroccans or Moroccan Arabs, ar a lairgely homogenous group speakinMoroccan Arabic,awtho regional variation daes occur. TheBerber fowkin Morocco can be dividit in three main groups wi different dialects: theRiffians,theChleuhan the Central Atlas indwallers.

History

Main airticle:History o Morocco

The earliest well-kent Moroccan unthirlt state wis theBerber kinrick o Mauretanieunner keengBocchus I.This Berber Kinrick o Mauretanie (current northren Morocco) dates at least tae 110 BC.

UmayyadArabs conquered the region in the 7t century, bringin thair leid, thair seestem o govrenment, an Islam, tae which mony o the Berbers slowly convertit, maistly efter the Arab rule recedit. In the Islamic era the first Moroccan Muslim state, independent frae theArab Empire,wis TheKinrick o Nekor,an emirate in theRif aurie.It wis foondit bi an immigrant fraeYemen,Salih I ibn Mansurin 710 AD, as a client state taeCaliphal grant.Idris Ifled tae Morocco frae the Abbasids' massacre against his tribe in Iraq an managed tae convince the Awraba Berber tribes tae break allegiance tae the distant Abbasid caliphs inBaghdad.He foondit theIdrisid Dynastyin 780 AD. Morocco became later a centre olearninan a major pouer.

Frae the 20t century onwards, a series o pouerful Bakker dynasties arose. Unner theAlmoravid dynastyan theAlmohad dynasty,Morocco dominatit theMaghreb,Muslim Spain, an the wastren Mediterranean region. In the 13t century theMerinidsgained pouer ower Morocco an strove tae replicate the successes o theAlmohads.In the 15t century theReconquistaendit Islamic rule inIberiean monyMuslimsanJewsfled tae Morocco. Unner theSaadi Dynasty,the first Moroccan dynasty initiatit bi ethnic Arabs synee the Idrisids, the kintra wad consolidate pouer an fecht affPortugueseanOttomaninvaders, as in thebattle o Ksar el Kebir.The reign oAhmad al-Mansurbrocht new wealth an prestige tae the Sultanate, an a massive Moroccan invasion o theSonghay Empirewis initiatit.

Housomeivver, managin the territories athort theSaharaproved too difficult. Efter the daith o al-Mansur the kintra wis dividit amang his sons. In 1666 the sultanate wis reunitit bi the Alaouite dynasty, who hae syne been the rulin hoose in Morocco. The organisation o the state developed wiIsmail Ibn Sharif.Wi hisBlack Guardhe drove theBreetishfrae Tangier (1684) an theSpaingiefraeLarache(1689). In 1912, efter theFirst Moroccan Crisisan theAgadir Crisis,theTreaty o Fezwis signed, effectively dividin Morocco intae aFrenchanSpaingie protectorate.In 1956, efter 44 year o occupation, Morocco regained unthirldom frae Fraunce an Spain as the "Kinrick o Morocco".

Population o Morocco

The aurie o present day Morocco haes been inhabitit syneNeolithic times(at least syne 2000 BC, as attestit bi signs o theCapsian cultur), a period when theMaghrebwis less arid than it is the day. InMesolithicages the geography o Morocco resembled asavannamair nor the present day arid landscape.In the classical period, Morocco wis kent asMauretanie,awtho this shoud nae be ramfeeselt wi the modren-day kintra oMauritanie.Modren DNA analysis (see link) haes confirmed that various populations hae contributit tae the present-day gene pool o Morocco in addition tae the main modern group which is the Amazighs/Berbers.Those ither various populations areArabs,Iberians,Phoenicians,SephardicJewsansub-SaharanAfricans.

A smawJewish communitylived in Morocco afore the creation oIsrael,numberin approximately 265,000 in 1948, awtho atween 7,000 an 12,000 live thare nou (maistly in few major ceeties). A caw made bi late kingHassan IIfor Jews tae return tae Morocco wis no answered.