Facts and Figures
The following figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.
- Population: 33,757,176 (July 2007 est.)
- Ethnic groups: Maghrebians (Arab-Berbers) by heritage, and Arab or Berber by identity.
- Languages:
- Classical Arabic (official, though not used in daily speech)
- Amazigh (A standardized version of all Moroccan Berber languages, official since July 2011)
- Moroccan Arabic (not used in writing, locally known as Darija)
- Vernacular Berber: Tarifit, Tachelhit, and Central Atlas Tamazight (spoken and written but not fully standardized).
- Hassaniya Arabic: Primarily in the south
- French and Spanish: used along Arabic in business, government, military, and diplomacy.
- Literacy: (definition: age 15 and over can read and write) total population: 52.3% (male: 64.7% / female: 40.6%) (2004 census)
- Legal system: based partly on Islamic law, French and Spanish civil law systems; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of The Moroccan Higher Council (the equivalent of the US Supreme Court).
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