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Morocco, a country located in North Africa's Maghreb region. This overlooks the north of the Mediterranean Sea and west of the Atlantic Ocean. Morocco claims the territories of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, all under Spanish jurisdiction. The capital is Rabat and Casablanca's largest town. Morocco covers an area of 710,850 km2 and has more than 36 million inhabitants.
The nation has been ruled by a series of separate dynasties since Idris I established the first Moroccan state in 788 AD, reaching its zenith under the rule of Almoravid and Almohad, covering parts of Iberia and northwestern Africa. In the 17th century, the Marinid and Saadi dynasties resisted foreign conquest, enabling Morocco to remain the only Northwest African country to escape invasion by Ottomans. The strategic location of the country near the Mediterranean mouth drew Europe's interest, and in 1912 Morocco was divided into French and Spanish protectorates, with an international center in Tangier. It regained its independence in 1956 and has since remained relatively stable and prosperous by international standards, with the fifth largest economy in Africa.
Morocco claims as its southern provinces Western Sahara's non-self-governing territory, previously Spanish Sahara. A guerrilla war began with local forces after Spain decided to decolonize the region for Morocco and Mauritania in 1975. In 1979, Mauritania abandoned its assertion, And the war went on until the 1991 cease-fire. Morocco currently occupies two-thirds of the territory, and so far, peace efforts have failed to break the diplomatic impasse.
The sovereign state with an elected parliament is a unitary constitutional monarchy. The nation has considerable influence in both Africa and the Arab world, and is viewed as a regional power and a middle force. The King of Morocco has vast executive and legislative powers, especially in military, foreign and religious matters. Executive power is exercised by the executive, while legislative power is in the possession of both the president and the two parliamentary bodies, the House of Representatives and the Assembly of Councilors. The king may issue decrees called dahirs that are law-enforced. He can also dissolve the parliament after consulting the constitutional court's prime minister and president.
Morocco's predominant religion is Islam, and its official languages are Arabic and Berber, the latter officially recognized in 2011, having been Morocco's native language before the seventh-century C.E. Islam conquest. Often commonly spoken is the Moroccan dialect of Arabic, called Darija, and French. Moroccan culture is a combination of influences from Berber, Arab, Sephardi Jews, West African and European.
Morocco belongs to the Arab League, the European Union and the African Union.
