Morocco, officially known as theKingdom of Morocco, is a sovereign country located in theMaghrebregion ofNorth Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior and large portions of desert. It has AtlanticandMediterraneancoastlines.
Ethnically speaking, Morocco is composed mainly of Arabs and Berbers or a mixture of the two. Sizeable numbers of Berbers live mainly in the country’s mountainous regions, long areas of refuge where they have preserved their language and culture. Some segments of the population are descendants of refugees from Spain and Portugal who fled from the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, that spanned until the 15th century.