Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Morocco
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties
| MOROCCO |
Morocco occupies the territory of Western Sahara, which has rebels fighting for independence (there is currently a cease-fire). Mail destined for Western Sahara will be addressed via the Moroccan postal system. Morocco controls around 80% of Western Sahara. The remaining 20% (along the border with Mauritania) is controlled by the Polisario rebels.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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Morocco - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
36 403 782 (2023 projection) [1]
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Morocco - Number format
Note: This section last updated 2nd April 2023
1.234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator) [2]
۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵
(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)
Morocco - Date and time formats
Morocco - Languages
Morocco has 11 languages. The official language is Standard Arabic . There are 40 000 speakers of Hassaniya Arabic
; 18 000 of Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
, 18 800 000 of Moroccan Spoken Arabic
; 50 000 of Ghomara
; 20 000 of Spanish
; 2 300 000 of Tachelhit
; 1 900 000 of Central Atlas Tamazight
and 1 500 000 of Tarifit
.
Morocco - Personal names and forms of address
In Morocco, Sayed is used as a form of address for men, Lalla for women (regardless of marital status). Sayed is used before the family name, Lalla before the given name.
Morocco maintains a list of mainly Arabic names from which people must choose their children’s names. They may choose no more than two given names which may not contain the name of a place or region and may not be a name which can be used to ridicule and it may not be the same as a form of address. For this reason Moroccans tend to have shorter names that people from other Islamic countries, and names rarely contain the Arabic connectors bin or al.
Women usually retain their names upon marriage.
Tables of names can be acquired: given names, surnames/family names
Morocco - Company legal forms
The following company type will be found:
SA – Société Anonyme
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Morocco - Addresses
Moroccan addresses have this format:
Name or company name
{sub-building indicator}
House number[ ]STREET NAME
{LOCALITY}
Postal code[ ]POSTAL TOWN
For example:
Addresses written in a non-native language will usually be found written in French. Some will be written in Spanish.
If the delivery office is not in the settlement where the delivery point is, the delivery point settlement is written on the line above the line containing the postal code and postal town like this:
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Building and thoroughfare indicators
This following list shows building and thoroughfare indicators found in Morocco. They are written mainly in French and Arabic:
allée arsate arssa avenue bloc boulevard carrière charia chemin cité complexe cours dar derb diours douar hadikat hangars hay hôpital immeuble impasse jardin kissaria lotissement manar marché parc passage piste place quartier résidence rond-point route rue sahat siège souk square zankat zone
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Morocco - Post office box
This is often found in its French form – Boîte Postale.
Morocco - Postal codes
Moroccan postal codes (Code Postal) consist of a block of 5 digits, introduced on 1st January 1997. The code can begin with any number except 0. Each city or area has its own postal code with the exception of the cities of Fés, Rabat (3 codes – 10000, 10050 and 10100) and Casablanca (13 codes – 20000, 20050, 20100, 20150, 20200, 20250, 20300, 20350, 20400, 20450, 20500, 20550, 20600).
The first two digits refer to a province, the third to a sub-central delivery office and the final two to a delivery office.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Morocco - Postal code format graphic
Morocco - Postal code format
Morocco - Postal code specifics
Morocco - Postal code regular expression
\A[1-9]\d{4,4}\Z
Morocco - Postal code level of coverage
Morocco - Postal code map
Click on the map for a larger version
Place names in Morocco
Note: This section last updated 24th January 2017
Morocco’s large Berber- (Tamazight) speaking population have their own names for some Moroccan settlements. Refer to Exonyms in Morocco for these and full lists of place names in Morocco in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Morocco - Administrative districts
Note: This section last updated 16th December 2015
Morocco has 12 regions :
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Casablanca-Settat
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab
Drâa-Tafilalet
Fès-Meknès
Guelmim-Oued Noun
Laâyoune-Sakia al Hamra
L’Oriental
Marrakech-Safi
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Souss-Massa
Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab falls entirely within Western Sahara. Laâyoune-Sakia al Hamra and Guelmim-Oued Noun straddle the border between Morocco and Western Sahara.
Administrative districts graphic
Telephone numbers in Morocco
Note: This section last updated 12th September 2016
Moroccan numbers have no area codes and a length of 9 digits when called from abroad. Mobile numbers commence with a 6 or 7.
References
- ^ citypopulation.de/en/morocco/admin/
- ^ www.localeplanet.com/icu/fr-MA/index.html
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