What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat is the capital city of Morocco in North Africa. Over 2 million people live in Rabat, making it the country's second largest city. Rabat is located on the Atlantic ocean, but Casablanca further south along the coast is the main port. Rabat is where the government is located, as well as the King of Morocco, but it's not the commercial capital (that would be Casablanca). Rabat has a rich history but is a fairly new capital, the French gave it this status in 1912 and it remained the capital as per the King's wishes, after independence in 1956.
Rabat is a very pleasant capital, and not as congested as some other Moroccan cities.
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23 Comments
Silvia Levame
Congratulations on your first Q&A. Keep them coming.
fdeisner
I knew this as I worked for Royal Amoroc Airlines cargo Department out of JFK Airport in the mid-1970s.
fdeisner
fdeisner,
That is Royal Air Maroc Airlines
deborahpmercer
Yes, a great question and really good alternatives!
Joyce Greenlees
Richard G Schwartz, its rich history, not it’s rich history. It’s means it is or it has.
Grant McIntosh
Silvia Levame, Some of the comments are 3 years old, so probably a bit late to congratulate the writer on their first question.
Richard G Schwartz
So Rabat is a fairly new capital takes place of it's rich history.
Dee Jay Blaylock
Great question even though I missed it.
Denise Currie
I was going to go for Marakesh then had second thoughts and recalled I had heard of Rabat for some reason and went for that instead
Richard D. Boyle
Got this because of going with Casablanca on a previous quiz.
Ilias Tsiabardas
👍got it
Joyce Belcher Wright
Oops missed this one
Joyce Bruns
Wrong with the majority, sigh. Of course...it was for seven points.
Richard S. Levine
Been there, in 2006. Had to ride the Marrakesh Express & sing CSN & Y.
tord magnusson
Easy question.