Morocco Country Profile

Morocco

Land Boundaries: 446,550 sq km

Borders: Northern Africa, North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara

Natural Resources: phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt

Population: 33,241,259 (July 2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.55% (2006 est.)

Religion: Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%

Ethnic Groups: Arab-Berber 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2%

Date of Creation/Independence: 2 March 1956 (from France)

Type of Government: constitutional monarchy

Capital: Rabat

Constitution: 10 March 1972; revised 4 September 1992, amended September 1996

Executive: Chief of State: King Mohamed VI

                    Head of Government: Prime Minister Driss Jettou

Legislative: Parliament consists of Chamber of Counselors and Chamber of Representatives

Judiciary: Supreme Court

Political Parties: Action Party, Alliance of Liberties, Annahj Addimocrati, Avant Garde Social Democratic Party, Citizen Forces, Citizen's Initiatives for Development, Constitutional Union, Democratic and Independence Party Democratic and Social Movement, Democratic Socialist Party, Democratic Union, Environment and Development Party, Front of Democratic Forces, Istiqlal Party, Justice and Development Party, Moroccan Liberal Party, National Democratic Party, National Ittihadi Congress Party, National Popular Movement, National Rally of Independents, National Union of Popular Forces, Parti Al Ahd, Party of Progress and Socialism, Party of Renewal and Equity, Party of the Unified Socialist Left, Popular Movement, Reform and Development Party, Social Center Party, Socialist Union of Popular Forces

GDP (per capita): $4,200 (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line: 19% (2005 est.)

Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)

Main exports: clothing, fish, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, fruits, vegetables

Main export partners: France 37.5%, Spain 16.4%, UK 5.1% (2005)

International Disputes: Claims and administers Western Sahara whose sovereignty remains unresolved, Morocco protests Spain's control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, the islands of Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters

Press and Media: Al Bayane, Al-Alam, Aljamaa, Annoukhba, Le Matin, Casafree, Al Jarida Al Maghribia, Maroc Hebdo International, Morocco Times, Telquel

contact us for further details

back