MOROCCO Kingdom of Morocco

GEOGRAPHY:
• Location:----------------- Northern Africa
• Area:
     Total area:--- 446,550 sq. km
     Land area:--- 446,300 sq. km
  
• Capital city:------------- Rabat
• Natural Resources:---------------- Phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
  
  PEOPLE:
  
• Population:---------------- 34,859,364
• Literacy rate:-------------- 43.7% of total population, (Males:56.6%, Females:31%)
• Languages:------------------ Arabic (official), berber dialects, french the language of business, government, and diplomacy
• Religious:----------------- 98.7%- Muslim, 1.1%-Christian, 0.2%-Jewish
  
  VITAL STATISTICS:
  
• Birth rate:------------- 26.83 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
• Death rate:------------- 5.58 (per 1,000 population)
• Infant Mortality rate:------------ 40.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
• Fertility rate:--------------- 3.47 (per woman)
• Life Expectancy at birth:
     Total population:--- 70.08 (Males:68.04, Females:72.21)
  
  GOVERNMENT:
  
• Type of Government:-------------- Constitutional Monarchy
• Independence:-------------- March 2, 1956 (from Italy)
• President:-------------- His Majesty King Mohamed VI
• Prime Minister:------------ Abbas El Fassi
  
  ECONOMY:
  
• GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $97.6 billion (1996)
     GDP real growth rate:--- 9%
     GDP per capita:--- $3,000
  
• Inflation rate (consumer prices):------------- 5%
• National budget:
     Revenues:--- $10.4 billion
     Expenditures:--- $10.75 billion
  
• External Debt:-------------- $23.4 billion
• Currency:--------------- 1 Moroccan dirhan = 100 centimes
• Labor force:--------------- 7.4 million (1995)
• Unemployment rate:---------------- 20%
• Agriculture:---------------- Barley, olives, citrus, vegetables, livestock, wine, wheat
• Industries:--------------- Phosphates rock mining processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, constructions, tourism.
• Exports:---------------- $7.7 billion
     Commodities:--- food & beverages, semiprocessed foods, consumer goods, phosphates
• Imports:---------------- $9.8 billion
     Commodities:--- Capital goods, semiprocessed goods, raw materials, fuel & lubricants, food & beverages, consumer goods.
  
  DEFENCE:
  
• Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $1.38 billion, 4.1% of GDP

Geography:Morocco is located in northwest Africa just south of Spain.
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