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The Moroccan diaspora (Arabic: الجالية المغربية), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated 3 million Moroccans live abroad, [ 11 ] with the majority of the diaspora being located in Western Europe , especially France and Spain .
Moroccans live mainly in the north and west portions of Morocco. However, they prefer living in the more fertile regions near the Mediterranean Sea. The Arab population of Morocco is a result of the inflow of nomadic Arab tribes from the Arabian Peninsula since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century with a major wave in the 11th ...
Moroccans live mainly in the north and west portions of Morocco. However, they prefer living in the more fertile regions near the Mediterranean Sea. Between the Nile and the Red Sea were living Arab tribes expelled from Arabia for their turbulence, Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym , who often plundered farming areas in the Nile Valley . [ 7 ]
The majority of the population of Mauritania belong to the Moors or "Moroccans". These are a mixture of Arabs and Africans to a lesser extent. Morocco: 37,457,971 [35] 75% [36] Arabic co-official language with Berber: The Mixing between Arabs and Berbers in Morocco makes it difficult to trace the roots of many people.
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.
In addition, numerous immigrants and their descendants live in France, including from Europe (Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Romanians), North Africa (Algerians, Tunisians, Moroccans), Sub-Saharan Africa (Congolese, Senegalese) Asia , Armenians, Jews and the French overseas territories. Around 15 to 20% of the population in 2000 were of non ...
Arabic is the lingua franca of people who live in countries of the Arab world as well as of Arabs who live in the diaspora, particularly in Latin America (especially Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile and Colombia) or Western Europe (like France, Spain, Germany or Italy).
Date: 21 April 2021: Source: Blank map: File:BlankMap-World6.svg Information available on page Moroccans, Moroccan diaspora on the English Wikipedia, and at Joshua Project; If you disagree with the data, please check all sources before questioning