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What country does Morocco belong to?
Morocco is located in North Africa. It is the westernmost country there. Morocco is one of the Mahgreb states. In the self-designation of the country it is also called the Maghreb or country of the Maghreb. The word Morocco, on the other hand, derives from the old capital Marrakech.
Morocco borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, where the Strait of Gibraltar separates it from Europe. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean. Morocco, along with Spain and France, is one of the three countries located on both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. In the east, the country borders Algeria.
Spain has five exclaves in the territory of Morocco or off its coast. These are the two cities of Ceuta and Melilla, the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera Peninsula, the Peñón de Alhucemas Island and the Chafarinas Islands. Politically, these belong to the European Union as a Spanish territory. Morocco claims these exclaves for itself.
Is Morocco in Africa or Europe?
Is Morocco a Arab country?
Is Morocco a poor country?
