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Slide1: لمغرب ا 摩洛哥〔非洲
Slide2: MOROCCO
Slide6: THE ROYAL FAMILY
Slide7: MR. ABBAS EL FASSI: HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT
AGENDA: AGENDA GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
PEOPLE
ECONOMY
DEFENSE
CHALLENGES
Slide9:
TOTAL AREA : 710,850 SQ KM > CALIFORNIA;
FIVE MOUNTAIN CHAINS DOMINATE THE COUNTRY;
FERTILE PLAIN ON THE ATLANTIC COAST ;
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE, COLD/ WARM WINTERS AND HOT DRY SUMMERS;
SOUTH, RAINFALL IS LESS AND TEMPERATURES ARE HIGHER.
GEOGRAPHY
Slide13: HISTORY
Slide14: Morocco has been the home of the Berbers since the second millennium B.C.
Slide15: In 46 A.D, Morocco was annexed by Rome as part of the province of Mauritania;
In the 5th century AD, Vandals overran Rome and annexed Morocco.
Slide16: ISLAM WAS BROUGHT BY THE ARABS IN 685 AD;
AN INDEPENDENT MOROCCAN KINGDOM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 788 AD.
Slide17: » Idrissid dynasty (780-974)
Slide18: Almoravid dynasty
ruled in Morocco and Spain
(1073-1147)
Slide19: Almohad dynasty
ruled in Morocco, Spain and Portugal
(1130-1269)
Slide20: Marinids dynasty
(1215-1420) FES
Slide21: The period from 1465 to 1472 was unstable,
and the last of the Moroccan possessions
in Al Andalous were lost.
Slide22: Sultan Mly ISMAEL
(ruled: 1672-1727) Sultan Yussef Ben
Hassan (1882- 1927) King MOHAMMED V
(1927-1953& 1957-1961 King HASSAN II
(1929, 1961-1999) King MOHAMMED VI
1963- King since 1999
Slide23:
IN 1912, MOROCCO BECAME A FRENCH PROTECTORATE IN THE CENTER
SPANISH PROTECTORATE IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH;
IN 1956 MOROCCO GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE.
Slide24: Qadi Abdel Karim El Khattabi
(1882- 1963) Berber leader of the Rif the leader of a wide scale armed resistance
movement against French and Spanish colonial rule in North Africa. His guerilla tactics are known to have inspired Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevara.
Slide25: Population estimated to 31 million
The majority is Arab and Berber
Islam is the predominant religion
Morocco's official language is Arabic
French is used as second language.
Slide26: Age structure
0-14yrs Males: 5 355 388, Females: 5 156 762
15-64 yrs Males:10 013 466, Females: 10 112 060
65+yrs: Males 692 465, Females:878 960
Ethnic groups
Arab & Berber: 99.1%
Christian: 0.7%
Jewish: 0,2%
ECONOMY: ECONOMY GDP
Purchasing power parity: 152.5 billion
Official exchange rate: 58.08 billion
GDP per capita: $4600
GDP per sector
Agriculture: 13.3%
Industry: 31.2%
Services: 52.5
Inflation rate: 2.8%
Industries Agriculture : Industries Agriculture Phosphate mining and processing
Food processing
Leather goods
Textiles
Construction
Tourism Wheat
Citrus
Fish
Vegetables
olives
Livestock Export / import partners:
France, Spain, UK, Italy, India, US
Slide30: Labor force: 11.25 million
Labor force by occupation
Agriculture: 40%
Industry: 15%
Services: 45%
Employment rate: 9%
Slide31: Education is free and compulsory;
About 230,000 students enrolled in 14 public universities.
Karaouine University, in Fez,
Al-Akhawayn, an English-medium, American-style university comprising about 1,000 students.
Slide32: Located in Fes.
Founded in 859, the university is one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world and is considered the oldest continously operating institution of higher learning in the world.
By the Guinness Book of World Records.
Slide33: Al-Idrisi's world map from 1154.
Note that south is at the top of the map. Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi
(أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي)
(born 1100 - died 1165)
was a Moroccan cartographer, geographer, and traveller
Slide34: Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature
The king holds effective power and appoints the prime minister
The bicameral parliament consists of:
270-seat chamber of counselors
325-seat chamber of representatives
The legal system is based on Islamic law as well as French and Spanish civil law.
Slide35:
Branches : Executive--king (head of state).
Prime minister : head of government.
Legislative : Bicameral parliament.
Judicial : Supreme Court.
Slide36: SC & CAF
The King Army Inspectors
** AF Inspector
** Navy Inspector
* G I AF
*** NDA Chief
Minister SF Chief
*** Army Inspectors
** Army Inspectors
** Army Inspectors
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Slide37: SAID NAWAL HICHAM
AOUITA EL MOUTAWAKIL EL GUERROUG 5000M Gold medal
Los Angles
1984 400M Hurdle Gold medal
Los Angles
1984 1500 & 5000M
Gold medals
Athena2004
Slide42: Minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque,
Marrakesh, Morocco
Slide45: MARRAKECH
Slide47: CASABLANCA
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Slide49: RABAT
Slide50: RABAT
Slide51: Ameliorate livelihood conditions;
Eradicate poverty and Illiteracy;
Promote democracy and human rights;
Achieve territory integrity;
Reach 10 millions tourists in 2010.
Slide52: SAHARA