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Area, sq. mi.: 172,413 USA 3,794,100 183 people per square mile in Morocco, 81 people in United States Morocco Gross Domestic Product per capita $4,108 US Gross Domestic Product per capita $45,592 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mo.html
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>  [] Flag Description red with a green pentacle (five-pointed, linear star) known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian gulf; the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and signifies the association between God and the nation; design dates to 1912
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Morocco USA

female: 78.9 years (2010 est.) 81 ||
 * male: 72.63 years <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">77

Morocco: <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Albertus Medium','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">19.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Albertus Medium','sans-serif';">US: 13.83 births/1,000 population
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Moroccan dirham Morocco is a constitutional monarchy King Muhammad VI
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">definition: age 15 and over can read and write <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Morocco <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> total population: 56% <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">USA: 99% Agriculture is the backbone of the economy, employing about 40 percent of the labor force. Most agricultural production is out of basins by subsistence farmers, but a little modern sector produces enough food to account for 30 percent of all export earnings. Morocco has the world's third largest deposit of phosphate, which accounts for about 20 percent of export earnings. Other significant industries are food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, and tourism. Morocco’s little manufacturing sector is growing. Morocco has a small stock market, one of the first in the Arab world. About 15 percent of the labor force works abroad, primarily in Western Europe. The money these workers send back to Morocco helps offset the country's foreign debt. Chronically high unemployment, illiteracy, a large government bureaucracy, and inefficient state-owned industries remain economic challenges. The currency is the Moroccan //dirham// (MAD).
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The earliest known settlers of Morocco are believed to have come from southwestern Asia. Known collectively as Berbers, a more accurate indigenous term for them is Imazighen (meaning “free men”; Amazing is the singular). Because of its strategic location, Morocco's history is replete with foreign invasion and rule, beginning with the Phoenicians in the 12th century BC and continuing with the Romans, Vandals, Visigoths, and Greeks.
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The Arabs invaded in the seventh century AD and introduced Islam to Morocco. The Imazighen fought off direct Arab rule and established an independent kingdom in the eighth century. Two powerful Amazing dynasties prospered until the 13th century, and even expanded the kingdom into other regions for a time. Following other invasions, the Alaouite Dynasty, which claims descent from the prophet Muhammad, took control in 1660. In 1787, Morocco signed a peace and friendship treaty with the United States. This treaty, which made Morocco one of the first independent nations to recognize U.S. sovereignty, is still in force.

European nations became involved in Morocco in the 19th century, & France made it a protectorate in 1912. The French ruled until Morocco's independence in 1956, when a constitutional monarchy was established. French and, secondarily, U.S. influence are still strong in Morocco. King Hassan II (who held power from 1961 to 1999) was a direct descendant of kings in the Alaouite Dynasty.

In 1975, Morocco occupied Western Sahara and forced Spain to withdraw. Morocco began developing the region but was opposed by its neighbors, particularly Algeria, and other African states that recognized the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as Western Sahara's government. The SADR's military arm, the Polisario Front, then waged an expensive and violent war against Morocco. Determined to retain Western Sahara, Morocco built schools, hospitals, roads, and housing for the Saharan people.

Negotiations between King Hassan's government and the Polisario guerrillas opened in 1989 as part of a UN effort to solve the problem. A 1991 cease-fire ended 15 years of fighting and was to have preceded a UN-sponsored referendum in 1992. In the vote, residents of Western Sahara would be able to accept or reject annexation by Morocco. Unfortunately, the referendum has been repeatedly postponed because both sides cannot agree on who should be allowed to vote (i.e., all current residents or only those who were residents in 1974).

In 1996, a referendum in Morocco supported constitutional reforms that created a directly elected parliament and shifted some authority to local councils. Through elections in 1997, a Chamber of Representatives became Morocco's first freely elected legislative body. King Hassan II died in 1999; he was succeeded by his son, Muhammad VI, who has maintained royal authority and conservative values.

** Advanced ** . In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Saladin monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders & inaugurated a golden age. The Alaouite dynasty, to which the current Moroccan royal family belongs, established a sultanate in Morocco beginning in the 17th century. In 1860, Spain occupied northern Morocco and ushered in a half century of trade rivalry among European powers that saw Morocco's sovereignty steadily erode; in 1912, the French imposed a protectorate over the country. A protracted independence struggle with France ended successfully in 1956. The internationalized city of Tangier and most Spanish possessions were turned over to the new country that same year. Sultan MOHAMMED V, the current monarch's grandfather, organized the new state as a constitutional monarchy and in 1957 assumed the title of King. Morocco annexed Western Sahara during the late 1970s, but final resolution on the status of the territory remains unresolved. Gradual political reforms in the 1990s resulted in the establishment of a bicameral legislature, which first met in 1997.
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