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Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Nature · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology    Morocco, (Arabic: المغرب),officially the Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية), is a country in North Africa with a population of 33,241,259. It has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. Morocco has international borders with Algeria to the east, Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait and land borders with two small Spanish autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla), and Mauritania to the south. Morocco is the only African country that is not currently a member of the African Union. However, it is a member of the Arab League, Arab Maghreb Union, the Francophonie, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mediterranean Dialogue group, and Group of 77, and is a major non-NATO ally of the United States. The full Arabic name Al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiya translates to "The Western Kingdom." Al-Maghrib (meaning "The West") is commonly used. For historical references, medieval Arab historians and geographers used to refer to Morocco as Al-Maghrib al Aqşá ("The Farthest West"), disambiguating it from neighboring historical regions called al-Maghrib al Awsat ("The Middle West", Algeria) and al-Maghrib al Adna ("The Nearest West", Tunisia). The latinized name "Morocco" originates from medieval Latin "Morroch," which referred to the name of the former Almoravid and Almohad capital, Marrakech. The Persians straightforwardly call it "Marrakech" while the Turks call it "Fas" which comes from the ancient Idrisid and Marinid capital, Fès. It is that the word "Marrakech" is presumably derived from the Berber word Mur-Akush meaning Land of God. 
 (Tanja طنجة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish, Tânger in Portuguese, and Tanger in French) is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 669,680 (2004 census). It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. It is the capital of the Tangier-Tétouan Region. The modern Tanjah (Anglicised as Tangier) is an ancient Phoenician town, founded by Carthaginian colonists in the early 5th century BCE. Its name is possibly derived from the Berber goddess Tinjis (or Tinga), and it remains an important city for the Berbers. Ancient coins call it Tenga, Tinga, and Titga, Greek and Latin authors giving numerous variations of the name. According to Berber mythology, the town was built by Sufax, son of Tinjis, the wife of the Berber hero Antaios. The Greeks ascribed its foundation to the giant Antaeus, whose tomb and skeleton are pointed out in the vicinity, calling Sufax the son of Hercules by the widow of Antaeus. The cave of Hercules, a few miles from the city, is a major tourist attraction. It is believed that Hercules slept there before attempting one of his twelve labours. edit
Mauretania Tingitana - Kingdom of Nekor -
Idrisid dynasty - Maghrawa dynasty - Almoravid dynasty - Almohad dynasty - Marinid dynasty - Wattasid dynasty - Saadi dynasty
Abd el-Krim - Alaouite dynasty - Casablanca Attacks - History of Western Sahara - Ismail of Morocco - Republic of the Rif - Treaty of Fez -
Moroccan Arabic - Berber languages - Maghrebi Arabic - Judeo-Berber languages - French - Spanish - Classical Arabic -
Leo Africanus - Muhammad Awzal - Tahar Ben Jelloun - Mohamed Choukri - Hemmou Talb -
Couscous - Harira - Tajine - Cuisine of Morocco -
Andalusian classical music - Berber music - Chaabi - Gnawa - Malhun - Sephardic music - Music of Morocco -
Djemaa el Fna - Hassan II Mosque - Majorelle Garden - Riad (Morocco) -
Morocco national football team - Morocco at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Hicham El Guerrouj - Said Aouita - Nawal El Moutawakel - Mustapha Hadji - Noureddine Naybet - Younes El Aynaoui - Marathon des sables -
The development of the Internet has brought a new dimension to news reporting in Morocco. Many of the major dailies and weeklies can now be accessed on their own Web sites. The landscape is changing almost as quickly as the Moroccan skyline. New publications such as Morocco Newsline Morocco Newsline.[1] (www.morocconewsline.com), an online English language newspaper, are in line with the country efforts to attract English speaking tourists and investors. In 2007, Tourist arrivals from all countries of origin were up. The most significant increase comes from the UK, whose 344 000 visitors represents a 41% rise on 2005 figures.
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