Interesting facts about Morocco
Nationality: Moroccan
Languages: Arabic
Religions: Muslims
Population: 33,322,699
Median Age: 28.5 years
Population Growth rate: 1%
Birth Rate: 1.82 %
Death Rate: 0.48%
Capital: Rabat
Electricity Production: 23.65 billion kWh
Electricity exports: 818 million kWh
Electricity Import: 5.56 billion kWh
Telephone Landlines: 2.49 million
Telephone- Mobile Cellular: 44 million
Airports: 55
Airports with Paved Runways: 31
Heliports: 1
Railways: 2067 km
Road Ways: 58,395 km
Water Ways: ---
Passport Validity: Must be valid at the time of entry
Introduction:
In 788 about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, a series of Moroccan Muslim dynasties began to rule Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sadist monarchy particularly under Ahmed al-Mansur ( 1578-1603 ) repelled foreign invaders and inaugurated a golden age
Economy:
Morroc has capitalized on its proximity to Europe and relatively low labor costs to build a diverse open market-oriented economy
Morroco also seeks to expand its renewable energy capacity with a goal of making renewable more than 40% of electricity output by 2020
Facts about Morocco
- Critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis is found in "Morocco"
- The Morocco national football team was the first African team to win a group at the World Cup.
- Moroccan cuisine is a mixture of European and African cuisine, due to its location between Europe and Africa
- The traditional dress for men and women is called djellaba; a long, loose, hooded garment with full sleeves
- Morocco's war exercise known as Fantasias is very popular where armed men on horseback perform acrobatic tricks and stunts
- The list of reptiles of Morocco is an incomplete list of reptiles found in Morocco. This list includes both endemic and introduced species
- Studies recently conducted reveal a direct maternal link between European Hunter-Gatherer populations and the Berbers of Morocco.
- The tallest minaret in the world in Hassan II mosque is located in Casablanca Morocco
- Morocco is among the world's top wheat importers
- Fez is one of the best-preserved ancient walled city medieval cities in the Arab world
- Argan trees, a source of argan oil used in cosmetics for consumption only grow in the Essaouira region of Morocco
- Ifrane, a town in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, had the coldest temperature ever recorded in Africa ( -11 F ) in 1935
- Morocco is the largest importer of green tea in the world
- The largest concentration of Moroccan people outside Morocco is in France
- Morocco has a number of a stone circle which prove contact with the megalithic cultures of Atlantic Europe
- The most popular drink in Morocco is Moroccan green tea with mint
- Morocco's port of Casablanca is the largest port of North Africa and one of the largest artificial ports in the world
- The King of Morocco holds vast executive powers. The King can issue decrees called chairs which have the force of law
