MOROCCO MOROCCO REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MARCH 2 1956 FROM FRANCE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MARCH 10 1972 POPULATION 29661636 1999 EST AREA 177117 SQ MI CAPITAL RABAT FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES PHOSPHATES IRON ORE MANGANESE LEAD ZINC FISH SALT MAIN INDUSTRIES PHOSPHATE ROCK MINING AND PROCESSING FOOD PROCESSING LEATHER GOODS TEXTILES CONSTRUCTION TOURISM AGRICULTURE BARLEY WHEAT CITRUS WINE VEGETABLES OLIVES LIVESTOCK CURRENCY DIRHAM GDP 107 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3200 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL BERBER DIALECTS FRENCH RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY JUDAISM LITERACY RATE 44 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 71 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 26 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
