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Kingdom of Morocco
Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.391 million (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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116,645 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however density is low with only 4.6 main lines available for each 100 persons
domestic: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay international: 7 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia (1998) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998) |
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Radios:
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6.64 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995) |
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Televisions:
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3.1 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ma |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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8 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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400,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540 km double-tracked) (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 57,847 km
paved: 30,254 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,593 km (1998) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 362 km; petroleum products 491 km (abandoned); natural gas 241 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 227,364 GRT/277,306 DWT
ships by type: cargo 10, chemical tanker 6, container 6, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 1 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Hong Kong 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 2 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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67 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 26
over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 37
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 under 914 m: 11 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 14 |
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Heliports:
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1 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 8,393,772 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 5,289,283 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 348,380 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$1.4 billion (FY99/00) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4% (FY99/00) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties reject other proposals; Spain controls three small possessions off the coast of Morocco - the islands of Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas and two autonomous communities on the coast of Morrocco - Ceuta and Mellila; Morocco rejected Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands in 2002 to explore undersea resources and to interdict illegal refugees from Africa |
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Illicit drugs:
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illicit producer of hashish; trafficking increasing for both domestic and international drug markets; shipments of hashish mostly directed to Western Europe; transit point for cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe |