Explore Morocco in Africa - Morocco Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Morocco with its capital Rabat is located in Africa (Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea). It covers some 446,551 square kilometres (slightly larger than California) with 34,272,000 citizens. Arabic and French are the the languages spoken by people in Morocco. Algeria, Western Sahara and Spain are bordering countries.

Pictures from Rabat (Capital)

Photos provided by Panoramio are under the copyright of their owners.

About Morocco

The terrain offers northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains. The average density of population is about 76 per km². The climate in can be described as Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior. Possible natural disasters include northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes or periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Morocco dial +212 prior to a number. There are 3,516,000 installed telephones. And there are 25,311,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ma". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127/220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 16 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Morocco

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Morocco Tourism

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Morocco has 3 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Morocco Unesco Heritage location overview.

Archaeological Site of Volubilis

The Mauritanian capital, founded in the 3rd century B.C., became an important outpost of the Roman Empire and was graced with many fine buildings. Extensive remains of these survive in the...

Historic City of Meknes

Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became a capital under Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), the founder of the Alawite dynasty. The sultan...

Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou

The ksar, a group of earthen buildings surrounded by high walls, is a traditional pre-Saharan habitat. The houses crowd together within the defensive walls, which are reinforced by corner towers....

Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)

Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. Since its...

Medina of Fez

Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Marinids, when it replaced Marrakesh as the capital of...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Morocco

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Morocco is growing at an rate of 1.08% (or by 340,944 citizens). Each year 122,714 people leave this country (or 3.90 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.47%. Or an total increase of 463,658 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.