Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An economic map of Morocco produced by the French protectorate in 1928. The Office Chérifien des Phosphates was created in 1920 to mine phosphates out of Khouribga, which was connected to the Port of Casablanca by a direct rail line. In 1921, 39,000 tons of phosphate were extracted, while almost 2 million tons were extracted in 1930.
Morocco is a fairly stable economy with continuous growth over the past half-century. Current GDP per capita grew 47% in the 1960s, reaching a peak growth of 274% in the 1970s. However, this proved unsustainable and growth scaled back sharply to just 8.2% in the 1980s and 8.9% in the 1990s.
Map of the Wattasid sultanate (dark red) and its vassal states (light red) Morocco was in decline when the Berber Wattasids assumed power. The Wattasid family had been the autonomous governors of the eastern Rif since the late 13th century, ruling from their base in Tazouta (near present-day Nador). They had close ties to the Marinid sultans ...
Morocco, [ d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [ e] 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.
The sudden inroad of Jews into Morocco and the whole of North Africa was then repeated on a much larger scale. The Jewish community in Morocco then swelled with the waves of refugees arriving from Spain and Portugal after 1492, increasing the cultural and economic power of the Moroccan Jewish community considerably.
Relations between Morocco and the United States date back to the 18th century. On December 20, 1777, the Kingdom of Morocco became the first country in the world to recognize the independence of the United States of America, only a year and a half after the U.S. Declaration of Independence was issued.
Casablanca is Morocco's chief port, with the Port of Casablanca being one of the largest artificial ports in Africa, [3] and the third-largest port in North Africa, after Tanger-Med (40 km (25 mi) east of Tangier) and Port Said. [4] Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy .
Morocco. United States. Relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America date back to the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and specifically since 1777 when the sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah became the first monarch to help the United States. Morocco remains one of America's oldest and closest allies in North ...