Outline of Morocco explained

See also: List of Morocco-related topics.

Morocco- sovereign country located in western North Africa.^[1] Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It has international borders with Algeria to the east, Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait and land borders with two small Spanish autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla), and a disputed border with Western Sahara to the south.^[2]

Morocco is an African country currently a member of the African Union. it is also a member of the Arab League at present, Arab Maghreb Union, the Francophonie, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Mediterranean Dialogue group, and Group of 77, and is a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Morocco:

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Morocco
• Official English country name: The Kingdom of Morocco
• Common endonym(s): المغرب
• Official endonym(s): المملكة المغربية
• Adjectival(s): Moroccan
• Demonym(s): Moroccan
• Etymology: Name of Morocco
• International rankings of Morocco
• ISO country codes: MA, MAR, 504
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ma

Geography of Morocco

Geography of Morocco

• Morocco is: a country
• Location
  • Morocco is situated within the following regions:
    • Western Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere
    • Africa
      • Sahara Desert
      • North Africa
        • Maghreb
  • Time zone: Western European Time (UTC+00), Western European Summer Time (UTC+01)
  • Extreme points of Morocco
    • High: Jbel Toubkal 41650NaN0
    • Low: Sebkha paki Tah -550NaN0
  • Land boundaries: 2,018 km

1,559 km

Western Sahara 443 km (although there's no de facto boundary)

16 km

• Coastline: 1,835 km
• Population of Morocco: 37,765,613 as of 2021 - 39th most populous country
  • Area of Morocco: 712,550 km²
• Atlas of Morocco

Environment of Morocco

• Climate of Morocco
• Ecoregions in Morocco
• Renewable energy in Morocco
• Protected areas of Morocco
  • National parks of Morocco
• Wildlife of Morocco
  • Flora of Morocco
  • Fauna of Morocco
    • Birds of Morocco
    • Mammals of Morocco

Natural geographic features of Morocco

• Glaciers in Morocco: none ^[3]
• Rivers of Morocco
• World Heritage Sites in Morocco
• Atlas Mountains
• Rif Mountains
• Saharan desert

Regions of Morocco

Regions of Morocco

Ecoregions of Morocco

List of ecoregions in Morocco

• Ecoregions in Morocco

Administrative divisions of Morocco

Administrative divisions of Morocco

• Regions of Morocco
  • Prefectures and provinces of Morocco

Regions of Morocco

Regions of Morocco

Prefectures and provinces of Morocco

Prefectures and provinces of Morocco

Municipalities of Morocco

• Capital of Morocco: Rabat
• Cities of Morocco
  • Agadir
  • Beni Mellal
  • Casablanca
  • El Jadida
  • Fez
  • Kenitra
  • Ksar el-Kebir
  • Marrakesh
  • Meknes
  • Merzouga
  • Oujda
  • Salé
  • Sefrou
  • Tangier
  • Temara
  • Zagora

Demography of Morocco

Demographics of Morocco

Government and politics of Morocco

Politics of Morocco

• Form of government: parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Capital of Morocco: Rabat
• Elections in Morocco
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Morocco

Branches of the government of Morocco

Government of Morocco

Executive branch of the government of Morocco

• Head of state: King of Morocco,
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Morocco,
• Cabinet of Morocco

Legislative branch of the government of Morocco

• Parliament of Morocco (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Morocco
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Morocco

Judicial branch of the government of Morocco

Court system of Morocco

Foreign relations of Morocco

Foreign relations of Morocco

• Diplomatic missions in Morocco
• Diplomatic missions of Morocco

International organization membership

The Kingdom of Morocco is a member of:^[1]

• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
• Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
• Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
• Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• League of Arab States (LAS)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (partner)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Morocco

Law of Morocco

• Cannabis in Morocco
• Constitution of Morocco
• Human rights in Morocco
  • LGBT rights in Morocco
• Child marriage in Morocco
• Law enforcement in Morocco

Military of Morocco

Military of Morocco

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
• Forces
  • Army of Morocco
  • Navy of Morocco
  • Air Force of Morocco
• Military history of Morocco

Local government in Morocco

Local government in Morocco

History of Morocco

History of Morocco

• Current events of Morocco
• Economic history of Morocco
• Military history of Morocco

Culture of Morocco

Culture of Morocco

• Architecture of Morocco
• Cuisine of Morocco
• Languages of Morocco
• Media in Morocco
• Museums in Morocco
• National symbols of Morocco
  • Coat of arms of Morocco
  • Flag of Morocco
  • National anthem of Morocco
• Moroccan people
• Prostitution in Morocco
• Public holidays in Morocco
• Religion in Morocco
  • Christianity in Morocco
  • Islam in Morocco
  • Judaism in Morocco
• World Heritage Sites in Morocco

Art in Morocco

• Cinema of Morocco
• Literature of Morocco
• Music of Morocco
• Television in Morocco

Famous Artists of Morocco:

• Hassan El Glaoui
• Youness Errami
• Ayoub Aboubaigi

Sports in Morocco

Sports in Morocco

• Football in Morocco
• Morocco at the Olympics
• Royal Moroccan Equestrian Federation
  • Tbourida or fantasia
• Miss Moto Maroc

Famous Athletes of Morocco

• Fatima El-Faquir
• Nawal El Moutawakel
• Said Äouita

Royal Family of Morocco

Alaouite Dynasty

• Mohammed VI
• Lalla Salma
• Lalla Khadeja
  • Moulay Hassan Moulay Rachid
• Lalla Amina
• Hassan II
• Mohammed V
• Moulay Abedellah Alaoui

Economy and infrastructure of Morocco

Economy of Morocco

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 57th (fifty-seventh)
• Agriculture in Morocco
• Communications in Morocco
  • Internet in Morocco
• Companies of Morocco
• Currency of Morocco

Dirham

• • ISO 4217

MAD

• Economic history of Morocco
• Energy in Morocco
  • Energy policy of Morocco
• Health care in Morocco
• Mining in Morocco
• Morocco Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Morocco
• Transport in Morocco
  • Airports in Morocco
  • Rail transport in Morocco
• Water supply and sanitation in Morocco

Education in Morocco

Education in Morocco

Health in Morocco

Health in Morocco

See also

Morocco

• Index of Morocco-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Morocco-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography
• Outline of Western Sahara

External links

Government

• Kingdom of Morocco (official portal)
• Parliament of Morocco (official site)
• Public services website
• Maghreb Arabe Presse (government news agency)

Overviews

• Worldstatesmen.org/Morocco.htm
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Morocco - Country Page
• CIA World FactbookMorocco

Media

• Morocco Board News
• Moroccan American Community Television

Directories

• • Morocco Directory
• Morocco Web Directory

Communities

• The Moroccan American Community & around the world
• The Moroccan American Community Board
• Maroc Entrepreneurs Association dedicated to the Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Morocco
• Moroccans around the world
• Portal of Moroccans in the U.S.
• A Moroccan Community Online
• Online Community for Moroccan Arabic Learners

Trade and external relations

• Historical Background on United States - Morocco Relations
• Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakesh
• Moroccan American Trade Council
• Web site: Description of benefits of the Moroccan-American FTA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050508073442/http://www.moroccanamericantrade.com/FTAsummEn.pdf . 2005-05-08 .  
• Moroccousafta a site about the Morocco/US Free Trade Agreement

Surveys and Studies

• Human Rights Watch on Morocco
• Web site: Genetic structure of north-west Africa . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080819201117/http://www.upf.edu/cexs/recerca/bioevo/2000BioEvo/BE2000-Bosch-STRs-EJHG.pdf . 2008-08-19 .   revealed by STR analysis
• Web site: Arab Reform and Foreign Aid - Lessons from Morocco .   (CSIS — The Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Tourism and culture

• • Biodiversity of South Western Morocco (Flora and Plant Communities of Morocco)
• Moroccan Dialectal Arabic
• lexicorient A reference site to plan its trip, and discover the country.

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 8, 2009. Morocco. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
2. Pending resolution of the Western Sahara conflict.
3. The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.