WEB DIRECTORY MOROCCO
At the crossroads of Africa, Arabia, and Europe, 21st-century Morocco is an exotic
land of intriguing culture, mesmerizing landscapes, great shopping, and memorable
experiences, and is welcoming Western travelers in record numbers.
Morocco lies in the far northwestern corner
of Africa, across the fabled Straits of
Gibraltar from Spain, and was once the
western frontier of the known world,
called el-Maghreb el-Aksa, or “the Far
West.” Not including its disputed southern
province of the Western Sahara,
Morocco is slightly smaller than France
or Spain and slightly larger than California,
covering an area of 446,500 sq. km
(172,395 sq. miles). It’s bordered by the
Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean
Sea to the north, and shares borders
with Algeria to the east and southeast
and Mauritania to the south. A nation of
coastline, fertile plains, mountains, and
desert, Morocco is a country of distinct
geographical regions that have influenced
the culture of its inhabitants for hundreds,
if not thousands, of years. These geographical
and cultural differences, however, are
to be found within a relatively compact
area, making this country a pleasurable
and rewarding place to explore.