|
|
MOROCCOKingdom of Morocco GEOGRAPHY: - Location:----------------- Northern Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 446,550 sq. km
Land area:--- 446,300 sq. km
- Capital
city:------------- Rabat
- Natural Resources:---------------- Phosphates, iron ore, manganese,
lead, zinc, fish, salt
PEOPLE:
- Population:---------------- 29,114,497
- Literacy rate:-------------- 43.7% of total population, (Males:56.6%, Females:31%)
- Languages:------------------
Arabic (official), berber dialects, french the language of business, government, and diplomacy
- Religious:-----------------
98.7%- Muslim, 1.1%-Christian, 0.2%-Jewish
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:-------------
26.83 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
- Death rate:------------- 5.58 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate:------------ 40.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility rate:---------------
3.47 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at birth:
Total population:--- 70.08 (Males:68.04,
Females:72.21)
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:-------------- Constitutional
Monarchy
- Independence:-------------- March 2, 1956 (from Italy)
- President:--------------
His Majesty King Mohamed VI
- Prime Minister:------------ Abderrahmane Youssoufi
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $97.6 billion (1996)
GDP
real growth rate:--- 9%
GDP per capita:--- $3,000
- Inflation rate (consumer
prices):------------- 5%
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $10.4 billion
Expenditures:--- $10.75 billion
- External Debt:-------------- $23.4 billion
- Currency:--------------- 1 Moroccan dirhan = 100 centimes
- Labor force:---------------
7.4 million (1995)
- Unemployment rate:---------------- 20%
- Agriculture:----------------
Barley, olives, citrus, vegetables, livestock, wine, wheat
- Industries:--------------- Phosphates
rock mining processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, constructions, tourism.
- Exports:----------------
$7.7 billion
Commodities:--- food & beverages, semiprocessed foods, consumer goods, phosphates - Imports:---------------- $9.8 billion
Commodities:--- Capital goods, semiprocessed goods, raw materials,
fuel & lubricants, food & beverages, consumer goods.
DEFENCE:
- Defence
Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $1.38 billion, 4.1% of GDP
Geography:Morocco
is located in northwest Africa just south of Spain.
|