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Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco is a country in North Africa. The area of contemporary Morocco has been occupied since Neolithic times, a period when the Maghreb was less parched than it is today. Morocco has international boundary with Spain to the north, Algeria to the east and Mauritania to the south. By the seventh century, Islamic development was at its greatest. The entrance of Phoenicians messenger a long engagement with the wider Mediterranean, as this strategic region formed part of the Roman Empire, as Mauritanian Tingitana.By the seventh century, Islamic expansion was at its greatest. The area of present-day Morocco has been resided ever since Neolithic times. North Africa and Morocco were slowly drawn into the broader emerging Mediterranean world by Phoenician trading colonies and arrangements in the late Classical period. It has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. Location of Morocco on the interactive map is 34°02′N 6°51′W. the largest city is Casablanca, the official language is Arabic, the ethnic groups contain 99.1% Arab-Berber, 0.7% other, 0.2% Jewish, the total area is 446,550* km², the 2007 predictable population is 33,757,175, got independence from Spain on April 7, 1956. At 172,402 sq.mi (446,550 sq.km), Morocco is the fifty-seventh largest country in the world (after Uzbekistan). It is comparable in size to Iraq, and is somewhat larger than the US state of California. Morocco is known for its wildlife biodiversity. Birds differentiate the most significant fauna. The avifauna of Morocco consists off a total of 454 species, of which five have been established by humans, and 156 are rare or accidental. The climate is Mediterranean, which becomes more extreme towards the interior regions where it is hilly. Forests cover about 12% of the land while arable land accounts for 18%. 5% is irrigated. The terrain is such that the coastal plains are rich and accordingly, they comprise the backbone for agriculture
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