Morocco

Morocco

Morocco ranks 60th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Peru, Iceland, and Algeria. Memorable people born in present day Morocco include Ibn Battuta, Tariq ibn Ziyad, and Jean Reno. Memorable people who died in Morocco include Averroes, Ibn Battuta, and Mobutu Sese Seko. Morocco has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, with land borders with Algeria to the east and Western Sahara to the south. Morocco also claims the exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, all of them under Spanish jurisdiction, as well as several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. The capital is Rabat and the largest city is Casablanca. Morocco spans an area of 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi) and has a population of over 37 million. Read more on Wikipedia