Morocco: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year 11th January Independence Manifesto January February Ad al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) February Fatih Mouharram (Islamic New Year) 1st of May Labor Day May Ad al-Mawlid (Prophet’s Birthday) 30th July Celebration of the accession to the throne of Mohammed VI. August 14 Oued Ed…
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Morocco Geography
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION Morocco is washed in the north by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and in the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Strait of Gibraltar separates Morocco from Europe. In the east and southeast it borders on Algeria, in the south – on Western Sahara. The total area of the country is 446,550…
Morocco Defense and Security
Morocco participates in two international peacekeeping missions, in the Ivory Coast (Unoci) and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco), in which it deploys two contingents of 718 and 844 soldiers respectively. The bulk of the troops that make up the Moroccan armed forces are instead engaged along the fortification lines in Western Sahara, whose…