Northern Africa
Flag of Morocco
Where Atlas snow meets the Sahara's edge.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #c01818 96%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Flags people confuse it with
Morocco in numbers
| Official name | Kingdom of Morocco |
|---|---|
| Capital | Rabat |
| Region | Northern Africa, Africa |
| Population | 36,910,558 |
| Area | 446,550 km² · 83 people per km² |
| Currency | Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
| Languages | Arabic, Berber |
| Country codes | MA · MAR · .ma |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- Morocco is one of the few countries with coastlines on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, separated by the narrow Strait of Gibraltar that nearly touches Europe.
- The snow-capped High Atlas mountains run through the country's spine, and you can ski near Marrakech in winter while desert dunes lie just hours to the south.
- The old city of Fez is home to one of the world's oldest continuously operating universities, al-Qarawiyyin, founded in the 9th century by a woman named Fatima al-Fihri.
Did you know
The blue-washed mountain town of Chefchaouen has streets and walls painted in countless shades of blue, a tradition kept alive by repainting them by hand each year.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.