Morocco

Region Northern Africa (West)

Geography Mountainous in the northern coast and the Sahara in the
south
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History On the place, which is now called Marocco, people have

lived for 8000 years. Marocco wasn’t always called
Marocco but it was called Maghreb. Maghreb also
contains the countries of Algerian, Tunisia, Libia and
Mauritania.
Morocco has been under the command of many other
countries through the centuries. At 2 march 1956 they
became independent from France and ever since they’ve
been a kingdom.
Area 446.300 km²
Population 34.314.130 (July 2018)
Capital Rabat
Largest cities • Casablanca (3,716 mil)
• Rabat (1,865 mil)
• Fed (1,157 mil)
• Marrakech (989.000)
Languages Arabic, Berber languages (Tamazight, Tachelhit, Tarifit),
French
Ethnicy/ race Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%
Literary rate Total population: 68,5% with 78,6% of the males and 58,8% of
the females
Health care • Public healthcare: The social protection system
covers all employees for sickness, maternity, invalidity
and retirement. Since 2005, all Moroccan citizens are
required to be members of a basic medical scheme,
AMO, via their local branch. The most needy have
access to a Medical Assistance Scheme (RAMED).
This scheme is based on the principle of social welfare
and national solidarity. It allows persons who are not
paying into the AMO to benefit from treatment
dispensed in public medical centres as well as state-
provided health services.
• Private healthcare: The employee pays into
Moroccan Social Security and into a top-up plan at
the same time. There is a charge for belonging to the
top-up plan. The insured can also contribute to a
private insurer. They can then go to any doctor in any
clinic. Treatment is fully reimbursed depending on the
terms of the insurance policy. The private sector is well
developed in Morocco and is made up of primary
care doctors, specialists, private clinics etc. Treatment
is of better quality but the prices are higher.
Economy The economy of Morocco is considered a relatively liberal
economy governed by the law of supply and demand.
Since 1993, Morocco has followed a policy of privatization
of certain economic sectors which used to be in the hands
of the government. Morocco has become a major player in
African economic affairs, 5th largest African economy by
GDP (PPP). The World Economic Forum placed Morocco as
the 1st most competitive economy in North Africa, in its
African Competitiveness Report 2014-2015.
The services sector accounts for just over half of GDP;
industry — made up of mining, construction and
manufacturing — is an additional quarter. The sectors that
recorded the highest growth are the tourism, telecoms, and
textile sectors. Morocco, however, still depends to an
inordinate degree on agriculture, which accounts for
around 14% of GDP but employs 40–45% of the Moroccan
population. With a semi-arid climate, it is difficult to assure
good rainfall and Morocco's GDP varies depending on the
weather. Fiscal prudence has allowed for consolidation,
with both the budget deficit and debt falling as a
percentage of GDP.

Government Morocco is a monarchy. The king of the land is king

Mohammed the sixth. That king has been king since 1999.
He was the successor of his father King Hassan the second.
He was known as the Berber's hater. He banned Berber
names and if you had one you were tortured or killed, but
that is no longer the case.