Morocco facts and information

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The Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: Al Maghrib) is located in northwestern Africa. Bounded by water on two sides, it fronts the Atlantic Ocean for 1,465 km (910 mi) on the west and the Mediterranean Sea for 370 km (230 mi) on the north. The 13-km-wide (8-mi) Strait of Gibraltar connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean separates Morocco from Europe to the north. Morocco’s eastern and southern neighbor is Algeria. In the far southwest, Morocco adjoins Western Sahara, a former Spanish possession that Morocco annexed in 1979 despite militant opposition from the Polisario Front, which continues to advocate Western Saharan independence.
Morocco became a Muslim country with the Arab conquest in the 7th century. Between the 11th and 13th centuries Moroccan dynasties of Almoravids and Almohads ruled both northwestern Africa and Spain. Maintaining independence longer than any of its neighbors, Morocco never came under the control of the Ottoman Empire and was under French and Spanish protectorates for only 44 years (1912-56). The country regained independence on Mar. 2, 1956, and reestablished a traditional monarchy that provided a basis for stability in a time of difficult socioeconomic changes.

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Morocco information and facts

Morocco facts and information