Geography

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Geography

• Located in north west Africa, Morocco being
  172,413 sq. mi.
• It is housed between the Mediterranean Sea on its
  north side, the Atlantic Ocean, west, the Western
  Sahara on it south border and Algeria located
  southeast.

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Statistics
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The Land

• Agriculture plays a major economic role and
  employs half of the active population.
  Construction of water supply facilities, land
  plot, and irrigation.
• Industrial exports account for 70 of total
  exports. These include sugar production, flour
  mills, milk, textile and leather, and cement
  production. Forty percent of the national citrus
  fruits are exported. The chemical industry has
  increased due to the development of phosphates
  richness that Morocco has. Mining represents 30
  of the value on exports. Morocco is also the
  most important producer and exporter of sea
  products in Africa and the Arab world.

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There is a great variety of landscapes in Morocco

• Old Wall, a moment in time in Rabat, the imperial
  city and todays capital. There are excellent
  beaches both to the north and south of Rabat.

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The Ancient Walled City

• This city takes pride in its artistic and
  intellectual heritage. The top sacred music
  artists from middle eastern and western religious
  communities gather for a week of concerts,
  lectures, exhibitions and intellectual and
  artistic exchanges.

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Festival of Popular Artsin Marrakech

• The Djemaael Fna, is a giant square that is the
  physical and spiritual center of the city where
  spectacular pageants of singers, acrobats,
  artists, and craftsmen and more are all competing
  for your eye.

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Moroccan Cuisine

• Morocco cuisine is rated among the best in the
  world. The food is carefully and artistically
  prepared. The midday meal is the main meal and
  begins with hot and cold salads followed by a
  stew. The heartiest plate is often a lamb or
  chicken dish followed by a plate of couscous
  along with meat and vegetables. Sweet mint tea
  is also served. Some of the commonly used spices
  are cinnamon, cumin, tumeric, ginger, cayenne and
  paprika.

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The Sahara
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The Life of the Palm Tree

• Thousands of acres of palm trees line the valleys
  and river beds of southern Morocco in the Sahara.
  They provide the families in the area its only
  source of income. These 5 million trees live as
  long as 150 years with which 90,000 tons of dates
  are exported annually.

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EducationCity of Casablanca

• Although Morocco has free education and is
  mandatory, many children still do not receive an
  education. The schools rely on volunteers to
  teach English and subjects such as computer and
  music.

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The Work of Volunteers

• In this developing country poverty is a fact of
  life for many people in urban and rural areas.
  Volunteers are welcomed and placed on projects
  that cater to the homeless, abused women and
  street children.

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Nation of Morocco

• One missionary, Chris Stanton is well aware of
  the needs of the Moroccan people has devoted his
  life to helping this country.
• As founder of a nonprofit organization, Mission
  Bridge, he was awarded the 2004 Friendship Award
  by the United States Embassy in Morocco for his
  contributions.
• Not only has he been given favor with the
  government, but also favor in getting supplies
  and having a 1,000.00 overage fee waived for
  excess luggage carrying all the humanitarian
  supplies to Morocco just after the earthquake in
  February, 2004.
• To date he has made over 21 trips to Morocco.