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Rabat (/ r ə ˈ b ɑː t /, also UK: / r ə ˈ b æ t /, US: / r ɑː ˈ b ɑː t /; [3] [4] [5] Arabic: الرباط, romanized: ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) [2] and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.
Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
Right at the beginning of the twentieth century when Morocco was officially declared a French protectorate, the French decided to shift power to Morocco's coastal areas (i.e. Rabat and Casablanca) at the expense of its interior areas (i.e. Fez and Marrakech). Rabat was made the administrative capital of the country and Casablanca its economic ...
It was founded in 1071 and became the capital for the two following centuries. Marrakesh was the capital city for: the Almoravid dynasty, from 1071 to 1147; the Almohad dynasty, from 1147 to 1244; the Saadi dynasty, as princes of Tagmadert from 1511 to 1554 and as sultans of Morocco from 1554 to 1659; the Alawi dynasty, in certain periods.
Marrakesh, the regional capital, constitutes a prefecture-level administrative unit of Morocco, Marrakech Prefecture, forming part of the region of Marrakech-Safi. Marrakesh is a major centre for law and jurisdiction in Morocco and most of the major courts of the region are here.
Map of Morocco. The basic unit of local government in Morocco is the commune. [1] At the time of the 2014 population census, Morocco was divided into 1538 communes, 256 of which were classified as urban [2] and also called municipalities. [3] The remaining 1282 communes were classified as rural. [2]
Morocco is: a country; Location Morocco is situated within the following regions: Western Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere; Africa. Sahara Desert; North Africa. Maghreb; Time zone: Western European Time , Western European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Morocco High: Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m (13,665 ft) Low: Sebkha paki Tah −55 m (−180 ft)
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