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MOROCCO
Strategically situated with both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines, but with a rugged mountainous interior, it stayed independent for centuries while developing a rich culture blended from Arab, Berber, European and African influences.
Morocco has been a popular tourist destination for two centuries, particularly helped by the nearness to Spain, but always motivated by the fascinating cultures of the country, and the spectacular nature.
Modern Morocco is everything but a rich country, but only few suffers want, and the infrastructure is impressive if you compare it with the overall economical situation of the country.
Morocco is a monarchy, and the democratic structures are less developed than what is the situation in Western countries. Even with a continuously high unemployment rate, and discontent among many city dwellers, Morocco is still a stable and safe country to live and travel in.
Morocco is a country of contrasts, where only short drives out of modern city centres, leads you right into societies where large parts of the social fabrics remain intact from centuries back in time.
Morocco is a country of sparse and unpredictable rainfall, strong sun, high mountains, hot winds from Sahara — as well as pollution and ruthless exploitation on nature. The result is a country of extreme shifts in nature zones.
Everyone seems to know that Morocco has oases and desert. The fact is that if you look apart from the southern part (which is internationally considered as the Republic of Western Sahara) there are few oases and very few sand dunes. Morocco is mainly steppes and mountains.
In the north, there are many green areas, landscapes of sweet hills of agriculture and some few forests. The further south you come the more unreliable rainfalls become, and many araes can be close to uninhabited, even if this is the part of Morocco with most pf the large cities. Down here, rivers is the source of life — even if they only has water through parts of the year. Oued is the name of this type of river, the seasonal river.
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