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Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:127/220V*
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, E,
Note:*Conversion to
220V only underway
TV Systems:
System:SECAM B
DVD-Region: 5
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
Area:
total: 446,550 sq km
land: 446,300 sq km
water: 250 sq km
Climate:
Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
Terrain:
northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains
Economy
GDP:
$137.3 billion (2008 est.)
$129.7 billion (2007)
$125.7 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
5.9% (2008 est.)
3.2% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$4,000 (2008 est.)
$3,800 (2007 est.)
$3,800 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 4.6% (2008 est.)
Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Exchange rates:
Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - 7.526 (2008 est.), 8.3563 (2007), 8.7722 (2006), 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004)
People
Population: 34,859,364 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 1.479% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Languages:
Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
Government
Capital:
name: Rabat
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
2 March 1956 (from France)
Note: Information on Morocco was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Morocco, please visit one of the links below.
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