Area: 150,871 square miles
Capital: Rabat
Languages: Arabic is the official language; Berber dialects and French are also spoken.
Location: Morocco is bordered by Algeria, Western Sahara, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Geography: Morocco’s landscape varies from coastal lands near the Atlantic Ocean to mountainous regions to the Sahara Desert.
Population: 31,285,174
Ethnic Groups: Arab-Berber 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2%
Religions: Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Time zone: Morocco is on Western European Time, five hours ahead of U.S. EST. When it is 6am in New York, it is 11am in Rabat.