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The word Morocco (more-rock-o) is derived directly from the word Marrakesh (mare-kesh), a 1,000 year old Moroccan town. The name Marrakesh in of it's self is a play-on-words of the Berber people word Amur-n-Akush meaning: Land of Allah. The full Arabic name of Morocco is: Al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiya, which in turn translates to The Western Kingdom of Allah. For historical references, historians used to refer to Morocco as Al Maghrib al Aqşá which translates to The Farthest reach of Allah, this coming from a historical region called the Maghreb. The name "Morocco" in many other languages originates from the name of the former capital, Marrakech, too.
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Morocco is an ethnically diverse country with a rich culture and civilization. Through Moroccan history, Morocco hosted many people coming from East (Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Jews and Arabs), South (Sub-Saharan Africans) and North (Romans, Vandals, Andalusians (including Moors and Jews)). All those civilizations have had an impact on the social structure of Morocco. It conceived various forms of beliefs, from paganism, Judaism, and Christianity to Islam.
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Morocco has many rivers. Although unimportant for navigation, the rivers are used for irrigation and for generating electric power. The chief rivers are the Moulouya, which drains into the Mediterranean Sea, and the Sebou, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Dry valleys called wadis fill with water during the rainy season and can flow torrentially during the rainy winter months. The wadis generally run into the Sahara.
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In Morocco, fashion preserves its traditional style inherited from various great civilizations that found their way to Northwest Africa. What is important in today's Moroccan fashion is the fusion of modern Western style with the traditional Moroccan fashion. Moroccan fashion has been recognized for its style and has garnered a reputation, winning awards in international fashion shows throughout Europe. This contemporary style responds to today's Moroccan women's needs: authenticity, sophistication, and fluid lines.
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In April 2007, Morocco presented an autonomy initiative to the UN in hopes that it would act as a starting point for good faith peace negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute. Washington has encouraged the parties to use Morocco's proposal as the basis for negotiating a compromise political solution to resolve the conflict, which would bring about greater economic stability, security and increased international cooperation in the region.
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The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in northwest Africa. It has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Algeria to the east, though the Algerian border is closed, Western Sahara to the south and Mauritania, and the Atlantic Ocean to its north and west.
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