about Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco is a country located in the north-western part of Africa and Maghreb. Its capital is Rabat. The country is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Spain, across the Strait of Gibraltar. They are neighbors with good connections to travel from one to the other.
Morocco receives thousands of visitors each year to its diverse cultural heritage, is a country of 30 million people divided between Arabs and Berbers primarily influenced by many civilizations since antiquity, and its wide variety of landscapes. The traveler will discover beautiful mosques, madrasas, mausoleums, palaces, gardens and patios can enjoy cuisine that combines Mediterranean and Eastern Africa.
During the Middle Ages Spain and Morocco were sisters land in the language, customs, arts and religion, and still retains some Spanish influence in the country of Morocco.
Morocco is a country with a beautiful natural environment, which is dominated by beaches and coves inaccessible adding channels majestic mountains of the Rif and Atlas green oasis in the desert. A country with a diverse culture that is worth discovering.
Climatology:
Morocco has a subtropical climate with moderate temperatures. In coastal areas, temperatures range between 16.4 ° C and 22.5 ° C in August. Inside, the winters are cold and summers are hot. In Fez, for example, the average is 10 ° C in January and 26.9 ° C in August.
In areas of high temperature will be around -17.8 ° C and the snow has invaded the country. Abundant rainfall in the north-west. Annual rainfall of 955 mm in Tangier, Casablanca 430, 280 and 130 in Essaouira Sahara.
Geography:
Morocco is a monarchy of North Africa, located in the Maghreb region. Bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea to the east southeast by Algeria, on the south by Western Sahara and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. On the north coast, Spain cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the island of Alboran block and the Chafarinas lavender and Vélez de Gomera. From 1912 to 1956, Morocco was divided into two protectorates, French and Spanish. The country has an area of 453,730 km square. Since 1979, Morocco has also occupied Western Sahara.
