Capital: Rabat
Population (million): 32.522
Total Area: 446,300km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 8.55 Dirham (MAD)(2012)
National Holiday: 30 July, Ascension of the Throne
Language(s): Arabic (official); Berber languages; French, Spanish

Type of State:
Monarchy

Type of Government:
Bicameral Parliament: House of Representatives (elected), Chamber of Counsellors (elected by an electoral college, and renewed every three years)

Head of State:
His Majesty King Mohammed VI

Head of Government:
Abdelilah Benkirane

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs & Coop.: Saad-Eddine El Otmani
Economy & Finance: Nizar Baraka
Industry, Trade & New Technologies: Ahmed Chami

Main Political Parties:
Rassemblement national des indépendants; Union constitutionnelle; Mouvement populaire; Alliance nationale; Parti de l’authenticité et de la modernité. Union socialiste des forces populaires; Parti Istiqlal; Parti du progrès et du socialisme; Gauche socialiste unifiée. Islamist: Parti de la justice et du développement. The country’s largest Islamist movement is the banned al-Adl wal-Ihsane (Justice and Charity)

Elections:
Last: November 2011 (legislative) the monarch is hereditary, Chef du Gouv. est assigné par le Roi. Prochaines (Chambre des représentants) en 2016

Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable.

Canadian exports to country: $368,482,993
Canadian imports from country: $154,155,379
FDI in Canada: (2011) $ million
CDI in Morocco: (2011) $ million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador, S.E. Nouzha Chekrouni

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Sandra McCardell (Morocco)