A country located in the Magreb region of northwest Africa. It is an Arab-Werber country bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the northeast and the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest and west. The capital is Rabat. As a constitutional monarchy, the current king is Muhammad VI of the Alawi Dynasty.
Overview of Morocco.
Magreb is derived from the place name Magreb that extends to western North Africa, and the word Magreb means west in Arabic. In the Middle East and Arabia, the home base, this name was given because it was in the west. Morocco, a national issue used in Korea, is named after the English national name and comes from Marrakech, the capital of the Murabit dynasty. Most European countries call this country after that Marrakesh (French Maroc, Spanish Marruecos, etc.). The ISO 3166 country code also uses the MA and MA derived from this. MOR, it’s not MO. In Turkish, it is called Fas, which is also derived from the old capital city of Pes.
Moroccan flag.
Morocco’s flag is a red background with a dark green star. Red is a symbol of the Alawi dynasty and symbolizes Morocco’s strength and bravery. The green star was added by Yusef Hassan, who ruled Morocco in 1915, and is said to symbolize love, truth, peace, freedom, and justice. When you draw a flag, take out the star and it becomes monochromatic.
Moroccan nature travel.
It is very close to Gibraltar and Spain, and there are actually a few Spanish speakers in the north. In addition, there are Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish territories in Korea, and Plasasas de Soberana, also Spanish territories, on the northern coast. In addition, it borders Algeria to the east and southeast, and is geographically close to Mauritania and Portugal.
As it is located along the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, it is dry in summer and humid in winter due to the Mediterranean climate like any other North African region. However, precipitation is a little high for North Africa, and the Atlas Mountains pass through the country. Thanks to this, there are places like this. It is a city called Ifran, which is 1,665m above sea level and has a high altitude, so it often drops below zero in the morning of January, and in 1935, it recorded the lowest temperature observed in Africa, -23.9°C.
Moroccan politics.
The current dynasty is the Alawi dynasty, which has a very large political influence on the royal family. Although it is a constitutional monarchy, it is evaluated that it is no different from a monarchy with a large authority of the king. Under the influence of Western Europe, democratization is allowed to some extent, and if the representative of the majority party who won the election of the people is recommended as prime minister, the king approves it. The National Assembly has a bicameral system, the House of Representatives has a five-year term, and the Senate has a six-year term. In the House of Representatives election method, 92 out of 305 seats are elected in the constituency, and 90 seats are elected as proportional representatives. Next, 60 seats consist of women’s allocation seats, and 30 seats consist of allocation seats for lawmakers under the age of 40.
The king is recognized for his control over the army and religion and enjoys the absolute power of the head of state. The 2011 constitutional amendment was influenced by the Arab Spring, reducing the power of the king and strengthening the power of the prime minister and parliament. However, there is also an evaluation of showing off. Perhaps because King Muhammad VI read this atmosphere, he took pictures with citizens on the streets and showed interest in improving or liberalizing Western human rights, so the public’s support is said to be high. This move quickly caused the anti-royal protests to be buried in the Arab spring.
In fact, Morocco’s 2020 democracy index is 5.04 points, the second highest in the Middle East after Israel and Tunisia. There is also a republican movement, and in 1971, a military coup aimed at a republican government took place, but it was brutally suppressed. Since then, republicans have been oppressed and monitored by the government.
Moroccan military.
The country was originally implementing a conscription system, but in the 1980s, when military resources flooded, it was only a nominally conscription system like China, and in 2007, it was completely converted to a recruitment system.
Since then, when the unemployment rate has soared to 40%, the conscription system has been revived for all men and women aged 19 to 25 from January 1, 2019. # At the same time, by implementing a policy to make all military officers, conscripted soldiers are treated equally as professional soldiers. However, as a trick to manipulate statistics by significantly increasing the number of short-term officials, none of them received a notice of enlistment even after three months of the conscription system, and it turned out to be a scam that deceives the public to lower the unemployment rate.
On the other hand, geographically, it is a country that needs quite a lot of military resources to check Spain, Western Sahara, and Algeria, and for this reason, it is a regional military power that maintains quite strong military power across Africa.