Morocco

sovereign state in North Africa
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Mauritania
Climate
Mediterranean in the north, becoming more extreme in the interior; in the south, hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
Terrain
mountainous northern coast (Rif Mountains) and interior (Atlas Mountains) bordered by large plateaus with intermontane valleys, and fertile coastal plains; the south is mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces 
Natural resources
phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
People & Society
Religions
Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 3,000-3,500 (2020 est.)
Government
Government type
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Independence
2 March 1956 (from France)
National holiday
Throne Day (accession of King MOHAMMED VI to the throne), 30 July (1999)
Legal system
mixed system of civil law based on French civil law and Islamic (sharia) law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$350.594 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$9,100 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
3.2% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
1% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
9% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
Spain 20%, France 17%, Germany 6%, UK 5%, Italy 4% (2023)
Imports - partners
Spain 16%, China 11%, France 10%, USA 9%, Turkey 5% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Morocco is a constitutional monarchy[1]. Morocco ranks in the top 8% of constitutional monarchy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165,952 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ethnic group: Arab-Amazighs[3]
  • Member of: United Nations[4], League of Arab States[5], World Trade Organization[6], Organisation of Islamic Cooperation[7], International Bank for Reconstruction and Development[8]
  • Country: Morocco[9]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[10], Atlantic Ocean[11], Strait of Gibraltar[12]
  • Head of government: Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri[13]
  • Continent: Africa[14]
  • Instance of: sovereign state[15], Mediterranean country[16], country[17]
  • Head of state: Mohammed VI of Morocco[18]
  • Capital: Rabat[19]
  • Official language: Arabic[20], Standard Moroccan Tamazight[21]
  • Currency: Moroccan dirham[22]
  • Shares border with: Algeria[23], Western Sahara[24], Spain[25], European Union[26]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .ma[27]
  • Anthem: Cherifian Anthem[28]
  • Basic form of government: constitutional monarchy[29]
  • Named after: Marrakesh[30], west[31], Mauri people[32], Fez[33]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima[34], Oriental[35], Fès-Meknès[36], Rabat-Salé-Kénitra[37], Béni Mellal-Khénifra[38], Casablanca-Settat[39], Marrakesh-Safi[40], Drâa-Tafilalet[41], Souss-Massa[42], Guelmim-Oued Noun[43], Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra[44], Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab[45]
  • Flag: flag of Morocco[46]
  • Legislative body: Parliament of Morocco[47]
  • Executive body: Cabinet of Morocco[48]
  • Highest judicial authority: Supreme Court of Morocco[49]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Morocco[50]
  • Commons category: Morocco[51]
  • Licence plate code: MA[52]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[53], Africa/Casablanca[54], UTC±00:00[55]

Body

Influence

Things named for Morocco include Moroccan Mafia[56], a criminal organization[57], in Netherlands[58], founded in 1990[59] and Morocco[60], a town in the United States[61], in United States[62].

Why It Matters

Morocco has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Morocco is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Morocco has been cited as an influence by Aldo Mondino[65], a painter[66], 1938–2005[67], of Italy[68].

Entities named for Morocco include Moroccan Mafia[56], a criminal organization[57], in Netherlands[58], founded in 1990[59] and Morocco[60], a town in the United States[61], in United States[62].

FAQs

Who did Morocco influence?

Morocco has been cited as an influence by Aldo Mondino[65].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Constitution of Morocco. wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Constitution of Morocco. wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [3] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  44. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [54] ↑ . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [65] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → Meycauayan
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2187, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291586|batch #291586]]"
  2. 5d ago · LccnBot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ Library of congress authority id: n79069715, Add authorized heading for P244 Library of Congress LCCN subject named as"
  3. 5d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location map → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ Locator map image: Morocco WS-included (orthographic projection).svg, remove unnecessary use of preferred rank #msynbotTask13"
  4. 5d ago · DERDAKI ILIAS · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image → Morocco WS-included (orthographic projection).svg
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Locator map image: Morocco WS-included (orthographic projection).svg"
  5. 11d ago · Tulipanos · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Head of government: Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri"
  6. 15d ago · Younesmoussaif · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+12328534'}, {'amount': '+12687467'}, {'amount': '+13039318'} +56
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Population: 38,300,000, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791153941986"
  7. 17d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J-global id → 200906032643463364
    Sitelink count → 334
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', 'ar',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906032643463364, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262174214|Kingdom of Morocco (#262174214)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-"
  8. 24d ago · Limotecariu · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'marokkói'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Moroccan'}, {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'Marokano'} +42
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Demonym: marroquina"
  9. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000774
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  10. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    France 24 topic id (spanish) → marruecos
    Encyclopedia of modern ukraine id → 65945, 62937
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Encyclopedia of modern ukraine id: 62937, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269497|batch #269497]]"
  11. 8w ago · WKPDA3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    France 24 topic id (english) → morocco
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ France 24 topic id (english): morocco"
  12. 11w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 31.7917, 'lon': -7.0926}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44771|batch #44771]]"
  13. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000774
    P14470 → Locations/Morocco
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: 0002812"
  14. 12w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lb-Marokko.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Maroc.wav, LL-Q9610 (ben)-Tahmid-মরক্কো.wav +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Marocco.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  15. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Aurelia aurita
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26864, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
  16. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11020
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 11020, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482403|MOROCCO (#167482403)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  17. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2Y1NFR
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  18. 14w ago · Mykhal · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 026392275, 027263711
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Volubilis Longshot II.jpg"
  19. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → morocco
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: morocco, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943805|morocco (#289943805)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  20. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Spanish protectorate in Morocco, French protectorate in Morocco, Spanish Sahara
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en, fr, nl, kab, sl, ms, en-us, mul, mos */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanu"
  21. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Marrakech, west, Mauri people +1
    Dbnl country id → marok01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: marok01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
  22. 23w ago · Najem Ajem · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Life expectancy → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+68.284'}, {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+68.722'}, {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+69.209'} +16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Life expectancy: 75.31 year"
  23. 23w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → countries:Morocco, cities:Morocco
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: countries:Morocco"
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