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Essential Information
Area: 710,850 sq km, this
including the Western Sahara.
Population: 34.3 million
Capital: Rabat
Principal Towns: Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangiers, Fez, Meknes,
Tetouan, Oujada.
Languages: Arabic is the official language, but French is widely
used while some Spanish is still spoken in the north. There is also
a larger Berber-speaking minority.
Gross Domestic Product: $73.43 billion (2007 est.)
GDP per capita: $2,140 (2007)
International Reserves: $24.29 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Climate: Morocco has, essentially, a Mediterranean climate, but with
marked variations from one year to the next -- as a result
agricultural production can vary considerably.
Winters are generally mild with an average temperature of 10 degrees
C in the coastal regions but below 5 degrees C in the mountains in
the interior. Summers are hot, even in the mountains, with an
average temperature of over 20 degrees C, sometimes topping 30
degrees C, especially in the south.
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