Kingdom of Morocco المملكة المغربية  (Arabic) al-Mamlakat al-Maġribiyah ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ  (Berber) Tagldit N Lmaġrib
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Dark red: Internationally recognized territory of Morocco. Lighter striped red: Western Sahara, a non-decolonized territory claimed by Morocco as its Southern Provinces.
Capital	Rabat 34°2′N 6°51′W / 34.033°N 6.850°W / 34.033; -6.850
Official languages	Arabic and Berber
Moroccan Arabic, Darija Hassaniya Arabic Moroccan Standard Tamazight
French English Spanish
Ethnic groups	>99% Berbers- Arabs 1% Other
Demonym(s)	Moroccan
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• King	Mohammed VI
• Prime Minister	Aziz Akhannouch
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	House of Councillors
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence
• from France	March 2, 1956
• from Spain	April 7, 1956
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). or 710,850 km2   (58th or 40th)
• Water (%)	0.056 (250 km2)
Population
• 2013 estimate	32,878,400 (38th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (122nd)
GDP (PPP)	2013 estimate
• Total	$181.9 billion (56th)
• Per capita	$5,537 (114th)
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Total	$107.1 billion (59th)
• Per capita	$3,260 (117th)
Gini (2007)	40.9 medium
HDI (2013)	0.591 medium · 130th
Currency	Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (GMT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+212
ISO 3166 code	MA
Internet TLD	.ma, المغرب.
French is also used in official government documents and by the business community, although it has no official status.   13.5% fluent, 19.5% partially fluent.   See Languages of Morocco.   Primarily Riffian, Shilha and Central Tamazight.   Primarily Darija and Hassaniya.   The area 446,550 km2 (172,410 sq mi) excludes all disputed territories, while 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi) includes the Moroccan-administered parts of Western Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Republic by the Polisario Front).

Kingdom of Morocco, or simply known as Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية‎‎ al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah, lit. "The Western Kingdom"; Berber: ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱTageldit n Lmaɣrib), is a sovereign country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert, and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.