Morocco
Morocco (officially Kingdom of Morocco) is a country in Northern Africa, with its capital at Rabat, and is home to roughly 38.1M people.
Its official languages are Arabic, Berber; the currency in circulation is Moroccan dirham (د.م.); people from here are called Moroccan.
- »The University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, founded in 859, is often cited as the oldest continually operating university in the world.
- »Morocco's High Atlas mountains hold ski resorts within a few hours of the Sahara.
Morocco straddles the Tropic of Cancer.
Morocco touches three neighbours: Algeria to the east, Spain to the north and Western Sahara to the southwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Rabat has been capital since 1912, taking the role from Fez. Its Kasbah of the Udayas dates to the 12th century.
584,018 km² (225,491 sq mi), 45th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Botswana.
Population 38,081,173, 39th of 198 on file. That averages 65 per km² (169 per sq mi).
The green interlaced pentagram, the Seal of Solomon, was added to the plain red field in 1915 to make the flag distinguishable at sea.
Close enough to China's flag to cost you a guess.
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