Country ChooserCountry InformationMorocco![]() Standards
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: $138.3 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 1.8% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $4,200 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 1% (2005 est.)
Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Exchange rates:
Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004), 9.574 (2003), 11.021 (2002), 11.303 (2001)
People
Population: 33,241,259 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 1.55% (2006 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.
|
Apartment for rent in Tetouan, Morocco
Morocco Real Estate
Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz Real Estate,
Oriental Real Estate,
Rabat-Salé-Zammour-Zaer Real Estate,
Souss Massa-Draâ Real Estate,
Tangier-Tétouan Real Estate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||