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=//**Moroccan culture**//=

Morocco is in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara. There are just over 32 million people living in morocco, 98.7% being muslim, 1.1% christian, and 0.2% jewish.The 'Oficial' language is Arabic but some speak Berber dialects, and French which is often the language of business, government, and diplomacy. Size 446,550 sq km.

__**Housing**__ Since 1995, the government has been working on a program to build 200,000 low-cost housing units. Over 60% don't have private toilets; over 70% don't have piped water; and over 63% don't have any electricity. But the people who do have functional houses are usually very fancy, stone houses.

__**clothing**__ Also 'Babouche are comfortable slippers made from leather, most people wear them.
 * The influences of tradition and history reflect on the clothes worn by the Moroccans. 'Djellababa' is **
 * a robe often worn by people in the region, much like the 'Gandora' **** except with sleaves and high **
 * detail embroidery. ** Men often wear a 'Tarboosh' witch is a cap shaped like a flat topped cone.



Many of the poorer morocccans jump on the back of busses and score a free ride, If they're not caught of corse. When they are the bus driver can get very angry and may stop the bus to get them off.
 * __transport__**

**__Language, religion and population__**

98.7% of people are muslim, 0.7% are cristian and, 0.2% are jewish. 32,209,101 people are living in morocco. The capital city is Rabat. The 'Official' language is Arabic, but the country's distinctive Arabic dialect is the most widely spoken language inMorocco.