It was founded in 1956 ( except the Royal Navy founded in 1960 ) after Morocco's independence from France and Spain.

The Spanish position is that both Ceuta and Melilla are integral parts of the Spanish state, and have been since the 15th century, centuries before Morocco's independence from France in 1956.

Morocco's state broadcaster RTM operates a radio service from Laayoune ; the broadcaster's TV service is also relayed in the territory.

Morocco's claims had official support from the Arab League, except for Algeria, which reinstated its recognition of Spanish sovereignty over the exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

During Moulay Ismaïl's reign, Morocco's capital city was moved from Fez to Meknes.

For the title track they re-mixed the version they had recorded at their previous session at Morocco's studio, from the demo tape they had recorded there.

The final Act of the conference of Algeciras, signed on April 7, 1906 covered the organization of Morocco's police and customs, regulations concerning repressing the smuggling okkf armaments, and concessions to the European bankers from a newly formed State Bank of Morocco, issuing banknotes backed by gold, with a 40-year term.

A third novel, The Spider's House, ( Random House, New York, November 1955 ) was set in Fez ( immediately prior to Morocco's independence and sovereignty in 1956, away from the French Protectorate ) and charted the relationships among three expatriates and a young Moroccan: John Stenham, Alain Moss, Lee Veyron and Omar.

The Organization of African Unity / African Union and United Nations have proposed negotiated solutions, though the African Union's stance on Western Sahara led to Morocco's exit from the organisation.

* 1956: With Morocco's independence, Alcazarquivir is transferred from Spanish control, and renamed Ksar el-Kebir.

The Souss plains ( Arabic: bilād Atlas ; Berber: Tamazirt n Atlas or Tamazirt n Sus, Land of Souss ), are one of Morocco's most fertile regions, irrigated by the Suss river and separated from the Sahara by the Anti-Atlas Mountains and Great Canyons, is the central area of the Shilha people.

Morocco's two tennis players did not win a match in Athens, with Arazi and El Aynaoui falling to higher ranked opponents in their opening matches, then withdrawing from their doubles match before it was played.

A total of 1, 158 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs )— including Morocco's first and only delegation — participated in 35 events from 10 different sports and disciplines.

Slimane continued his father's centralization and expansion of the kingdom, and most notably ended the piracy that had long operated from Morocco's coast.

The airport was built with funding from Japan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Germany and designed by Moroccan architects ( modeled after Casablanca airport ) and engineers funded by Morocco's King Hassan II.

* Traditional Moroccan music from Morocco's Ministry of Communication

He was released from Tottenham Hotspur on 26 May 2006 and in August 2007, became Morocco's national team manager assistant to Henri Michel.

Through the Golos spy network, Halperin provided Soviet intelligence with a large quantity of sensitive U. S. diplomatic dispatches, including reports from Ambassador John Gilbert Winant in London on the position of the Polish government-in-exile towards negotiations with Stalin, Turkey's foreign policy toward Romania, the State Department's instructions to the U. S. Ambassador to Spain, the U. S. embassy in Morocco's reports on that country's government, reports on the U. S. government's relationship with Vichy and Free French factions and persons in exile, reports of peace feelers from dissident Germans passed to the Vatican, U. S. attitudes towards Josip Broz Tito's Communist Front activities in Yugoslavia, and discussions between the Greek government and the United States regarding Soviet ambitions in the Balkans.

Aside from the mosque at Place Uta Hammam in the medina, there is also a mosque dedicated to the patron saint of Northern Morocco's Jebalah region, Moulay Abdeslam Ben Mchich Alami.

Moreover, most of Polisario's army is thought to be concentrated in the Tinduf area inside Algeria, safe from the long arm of Morocco's superior artillery and air force.

The Army of Africa ( or Cuerpo de Ejército Marroquí, " Moroccan Army Corps " Al-Jaish Al-Isbaniy fi Afriqa ) was a Spanish field army that garrisoned Spanish Morocco from the early 20th century until Morocco's independence in 1956.

The first order for the second generation Prima II came from Morocco's national railway ONCFM, with an order in November 2007 for twenty electric locomotives.

The Wattasid rulers failed in their promise to protect Morocco from foreign incursions and the Portuguese increased their presence on Morocco's coast.

Prince Moulay Hassan participated in the February 1956 negotiations for Morocco's independence with his father, who later appointed him Chief of Staff of the newly founded Royal Armed Forces in April 1956.

For the party's leader Allal El Fassi, a proponent of " Greater Morocco ", Morocco's independence would not be complete without the liberation of all the territories that once were part of Morocco.

The Polisario Front argues that Morocco's position is due to economical interests ( fishing, phosphate mining, and the potential for oil ) and political reasons ( stability of the king's position and the governing elite in Morocco and the positioning of the Moroccan Army ).

In Morocco's first constitution of 1963, Hassan II reaffirmed Morocco's choice of a multi-party political system, the only one in the Maghreb.

This plan, its further detail fleshed out in the 1997 Houston Agreement, hinged upon Morocco's agreement to a referendum on independence or unification with Morocco voted by the Sahrawi population.

In the 19th century, the area's population began to grow as it became a major supplier of wool to the booming textile industry in Britain and shipping traffic increased ( the British, in return, began importing Morocco's now famous national drink, gunpowder tea ).

Despite possible risks of assassination, Bülow persuaded Wilhelm to make a visit to Tangier in 1905, where he made a speech supporting Morocco's independence, but his presence there simultaneously demonstrated Germany's determination to maintain its own influence.

Morocco's identity as an Arab Muslim state has also strengthened ties with the gulf countries as a result of 9 / 11 and the " war on terror ".

The union included Western Sahara implicitly under Morocco's membership, putting Morocco's long cold war with Algeria to a rest.

Kaiser Wilhelm tried to get Morocco's support if they went to war with France or Britain, and gave a speech expressing support for Moroccan independence, which amounted to a provocative challenge to French influence in Morocco.

* 1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d ' état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.

Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port.

These two popular clubs have produced some of Morocco's best players such as: Salaheddine Bassir, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Baddou Zaki, Aziz Bouderbala and Noureddine Naybet.

Despite the weakness of its authority, the Alaouite dynasty distinguished itself in the 18th and 19th centuries by maintaining Morocco's independence while other states in the region succumbed to Turkish, French, or British domination.

However, in the latter part of the 19th century Morocco's weakness and instability invited European intervention to protect threatened investments and to demand economic concessions.

As pacification proceeded, the French government promoted economic development, particularly the exploitation of Morocco's mineral wealth, the creation of a modern transportation system, and the development of a modern agriculture sector geared to the French market.

Morocco's Jewish minority has decreased significantly and today numbers about 5, 000.

Morocco's economy is considered a relatively liberal economy governed by the law of supply and demand.

With a semi-arid climate, it is difficult to assure good rainfall and Morocco's GDP varies depending on the weather.

According to experts, multinational companies are attracted by Morocco's geographical and cultural proximity to Europe, in addition to its time zone.

Morocco is the world's third-largest producer of phosphates ( after the United States and China ), and the price fluctuations of phosphates on the international market greatly influence Morocco's economy.

Meditel and MT operated a duopoly until 2008, when the state regulator Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications waved in Wana, owned by Morocco's Omnium Nord Africain.

Morocco's relationships vary greatly between African, Arab, and Western states.

Morocco's current relations with some countries are related to its colonial history.

Morocco's exports are mainly agriculture, and it is one of the largest exporters of phosphate in the world.

Morocco's relationship to countries in the Middle East and its contribution to the Palestinian cause have created stronger relations between these countries.

Morocco's perceived identity plays a role in its relations with other countries.

The major issue in Morocco's foreign relations is its claim to Western Sahara.

Polisario guerrillas in mid-1987 had to traverse Mauritanian territory to enter the Western Sahara, a situation that invited Morocco's accusations of Mauritanian complicity.

The conflict for this area continues to affect Morocco's relations with Spain, Algeria, and other Maghreb nations.

Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the Sahara is based largely on an historical argument of traditional loyalty of the Sahrawi tribal leaders to the Moroccan sultan as spiritual leader and ruler.

While recognizing Morocco's administrative control of Western Sahara, and generally supportive of the Moroccan government, the United States has not endorsed the country's claim of sovereignty over Western Sahara, but it does support Morocco's autonomy proposal.

Moroccan cuisine is extremely refined, thanks to Morocco's interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries.