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- Realm of Morocco, country of North Africa, lined in the North by the Mediterranean Sea, on the West by the Atlantic Ocean, in the South by Maurinania beyond Sahara - Occidental and in the East by Algeria. Moroccan borders in the desert of Sahara are not clearly defined: since 1979, Morocco occupies the Southern region of Sahara - Occidental ( ancient Spanish Sahara), a territory which it claims and which it occupies in spite of the condemnation of the United Nations Organisation ( UNO ). The question of Sahara - Occidental aggravates reports between the Moroccan monarchy and the Algerian nearby Republic; It contributes, on the other hand , to maintain a strong national cohesion. A referendum of self-determination is foreseen in December, 1998 to put an end to this territorial quarrel. Inherited the Spanish colonization of a part of the country, the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla stand out on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. The country covers a total surface of 706 550 km2, among which Sahara - Occidental represents 266 779 km2. The capital is Rabat.The population of morocco are berber.
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