| Kingdom of Morocco المملكة المغربية [ar] Timeline: Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum
Royaume du Maroc [fr] OTL equivalent: Morocco without the Rif, Guelmim-Oued Noun and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra but plus Algerian provinces of Tindouf, most of Béni Abbès, most of Béchar, parts of Adrar, and western half of Bordj Baji Mokhtar | ||||||
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| Motto: ٱللَّٰه، ٱلْوَطَن، ٱلْمَلِك (Arabic) ("God, Country, King") |
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| Anthem: Cherifian Anthem |
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| Capital | Algiers | |||||
| Official languages | Arabic; French | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Moroccans; Berbers | |||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||
| Demonym | Moroccan | |||||
| Government | Unitary state; Constitutional executive monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Hicham I | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Morocco | |||||
| - | Upper house | House of Councillors | ||||
| - | Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Independence from France | April 7, 1956 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 37,984,655 | ||||
| Currency | Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ma المغرب. |
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| Calling code | +212 | |||||
Morocco (Arabic: المغرب al-Maghrib; French: Maroc), officially the Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah; French: Royaume du Maroc), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It shares land boundaries with the Rif to the north, Algeria to the east, the West African Federation to the south and the disputed Western Sahara region to the southwest. It enjoys views of the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. With a population of about 37 million, Arabic and French are the official languages; Berber languages and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are also widely spoken. Islam is the official and majority religion.
Located in the western end of North Africa, Moroccan identity and culture are a synthesis of European, African, Berber, and Arab influences. It is regarded as a medium power in international affairs and is a member of the African Union, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Arab League, and the Arab Maghreb Union. It has the fifth-largest economy in Africa and has considerable influence in both Africa and the Arab world. A regional military power, Morocco continues to engage in numerous territorial disputes with its neighbors, including Western Sahara (which it is claimed ownership over), Algeria and the West African Federation, sometimes in outbreaks of military conflicts. Morocco also claims numerous tiny Spanish-controlled islands off its coast, as well as the Spanish exclaves of Melilla, Peñón de Velez de la Gomera, and Ceuta.
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