Independence Year : 1956
Population : 28351000
Life Expectancy : 69.1
Capital : 2486
GNP : 36124.00
GNP Old : 33514.00
Local Name : Al-Maghrib
Government Form : Constitutional Monarchy
Location : Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Terrain : Coastal plains, mountains, desert
Climate : Mediterranean, more extreme in the interior.
Ethnic Group : Arab, Berber, mixed Arab-Berber
Religions : Muslim
Official Website :
www.pm.gov.ma
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General Information - Morocco
Background
Morocco's long struggle for independence from France ended in 1956. The internationalized city of Tangier was turned over to the new country that same year.
Morocco virtually annexed Western Sahara during the late 1970s, but final resolution on the status of the territory remains unresolved.
Gradual political reforms in the 1990s resulted in the establishment of a bicameral legislature in 1997.
(Source: CIA - The World Factbook)
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