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Morocco is a Northern African country, located in the extreme northwest of Africa on the edge of continental Europe. The Strait of Gibraltar separates Spain from Morocco with a 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) span of water.
An enlargeable topographic map of Morocco. Geography of Morocco. 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
The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea or located within the Mediterranean Basin. [1] Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe , Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it ( Malta and Cyprus ), in addition to two British Overseas Territories ...
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 .
Morocco is a neighbouring and associated country of the European Union.The nation has a territorial land border with EU member Spain in the exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.It also has a maritime border with Spain through the Gibraltar Strait and Exclusive Economic Zone borders with EU member Portugal in the Atlantic.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
At this time, Morocco signed major labour recruitment agreements with European countries, such as France, West Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. This led to a more diverse spread of emigration, which until this time was focused primarily on the country of France. Morocco's perceived identity plays a role in its relations with other countries.
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.