Morocco
Capital: Rabat · North Africa
A kingdom of Amazigh dynasties, imperial cities and Andalusi heritage, stretching from the Rif and Atlas mountains to the edge of the Sahara.
Ethnic communities
- Amazigh (Berber)Indigenous peoples of the Atlas, Rif and Souss
- Arab MoroccansUrban and plains populations with Andalusi influences
- GnawaDescendants of West Africans; famed spiritual music brotherhoods
- SahrawiHassaniya-speaking nomadic communities of the far south
More communities of Morocco
- Tashelhit (Shilha) — Souss valley and Anti-Atlas Amazigh — argan groves and rrways poets
- Central Atlas Tamazight — Middle Atlas herders of cedar country and ahidous dance
- Tarifit (Rif) Amazigh — Northern mountaineers of Abd el-Krim's short-lived republic
- Jebala — Arabic-speaking hill folk of the northwest with Andalusi echoes
- Sahrawi (Hassaniya) — Desert nomads of the far south — tea, camels and poetry
- Haratin oasis communities — Draa and Tafilalt date-palm cultivators
- Aït Atta — Great Saghro-Atlas confederation of transhumant herders
- Aït Yafelman — Eastern High Atlas alliance of valley farmers
- Zayanes — Khenifra's Middle Atlas warriors and horse culture
- Doukkala & Chaouia — Atlantic-plains farming tribes of the grain belt
- Soussi merchants — Amazigh trading diaspora running groceries nationwide
- Filala — Tafilalt oasis lineages — the Alaouite dynasty's cradle
- Draa valley communities — Ksar-dwelling farmers of the date river
- Moroccan Jewish heritage — Millennia-old mellah communities, now mostly diaspora
Languages
Major languages: Arabic, Tamazight (Tashelhit, Central Atlas, Tarifit), French
Language families: Afro-Asiatic (Semitic, Berber)
Historical kingdoms & states
- • Almoravid Empire
- • Almohad Caliphate
- • Marinid Sultanate
- • Saadi and Alaouite dynasties
Heritage sites
- • Medina of Fez
- • Medina of Marrakesh
- • Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou
- • Volubilis
- • Essaouira
Cultural highlights
Gnawa music (UNESCO)Jemaa el-Fna square oral traditionsZellij tilework