The kingdom of Morocco is an Arab country in northwest Africa, bordering Algeria in the East and Southeast, Western Sahara in the south, Atlantic Ocean in the West and Spain and Portugal in the north.
Morocco occupied Western Sahara in 1979, but its right in Western Sahara has not been recognized by any country in the world, however, the League of Arab states clearly recognizes that Western Sahara is Morocco's territory. Morocco believes that its borders of Ceuta and Melilia should be its territory, but it is actually under Spanish jurisdiction.
In addition to Arabic, many local languages are in Morocco, and French and Spanish are also used at the same time.
On May 1, 2018, Morocco severed diplomatic relations with Iran.
About one fifth of Morocco is covered with forest, the main tree resources are Western Cedar, fir, juniper, wild olive and dwarf palm. In addition, wild animal resources are in Atlas mountain area, such as wild sheep, big eared Fox and macaque.
Phosphate is the main resource with 110 billion tons of reserves, accounting for 75% of the world's reserves, ranking first in the world. Other mineral resources include iron, lead, zinc, cobalt, manganese, barium, copper, salt, magnetite, anthracite, oil shale, etc. Among them, oil shale reserves are more than 100 billion tons, including 6 billion tons of crude oil.
