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Historical relations. Morocco was involved in the French conquest of Algeria that started in 1830. First the kingdom supported the Algerian resistance groups against France but ceased this support in 1844 following the French bombardment of Tanger and the Battle of Isly. [6] France and Morocco then agreed on a border till the Atlas Mountains ...
Tourism in Morocco is well developed, maintaining a strong tourist industry focused on the country's coast, culture, and history. The Moroccan government created a Ministry of Tourism in 1985. [1] Tourism is considered one of the main foreign exchange sources in Morocco and since 2013 it had the highest number of arrivals out of the countries ...
The Ministry of Justice of Morocco is responsible for ensuring the proper functioning of the judicial system. In addition to managing the prisons, the ministry holds authority over the central administration that includes the following departments: the general secretariat of the ministry, headed by the general secretary: the Directorate of ...
A national identity program existed in Morocco since the late 1970s, the Moroccan national identity card was instituted as n° 1-73-560 and signed by King Hassan II on 15 February 1977 following a meeting with the Council of Ministers on 13 March 1975. [7] [15] A semi-electronic identity system was introduced in 1996 with a paper fingerprint ...
Hassan II ( Arabic: الحسن الثاني, romanized : al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī; 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Alawi dynasty, [1] [2] the eldest son of Sultan Mohammed V, and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. [2]
In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco. [1] Each prefecture or province is subdivided into arrondissements (only in prefectures of some metropolitan areas ), municipalities ( communes, sing. commune) or urban municipalities ( communes ...
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla ...
According to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), tax revenues including taxes and social contributions accounted for 26.4% of GDP in Morocco in 2016, which was the third highest ratio after Tunisia (29.4%) and South Africa (28.6%). Moreover, the tax pressure is still high in Morocco.