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Morocco
Location marker · geographic overview
32° N / 5° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Rabat
- Population
- 38,081,173 2024
- Area
- 446,550 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic, Berber
- Currency
- Moroccan dirham (MAD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Morocco
Morocco (Arabic: المغرب, Al-Maghrib; Berber: ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ, Elmaɣrib; French: Maroc) is the northwesternmost country in Africa. Morocco has, for most people, been the gateway to Africa. With plenty of attractive locations, historical sights, and unique cultural traditions, there's lots to see and do in this beautiful, mesmerising country.
Food & everyday culture
Couscous, made from semolina grains and steamed in a colander-like dish known as a couscoussière is a staple food for most North Africans. It can be served as an accompaniment to a stew or tagine, or mixed with meat and vegetables and presented as a main course. Manual preparation (i.e. not "instant couscous") takes hours.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-12. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Calling code
- +212
- Internet domain
- .ma, المغرب.
- Land border codes
- DZA, ESH, ESP
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ma or المغرب.. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.