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Practical information
In this
heading you will find practical informations for all
your stays in Morocco:
Arab name:
Al Maghrib
Official
name: Kingdom of Morocco
Surface:
710.850 km2
Population:
28 hab million
Density: 38
inhabitants/km2
Official
language: classical Arabic
Spoken
languages: dialectical Arabic, Berber, French, Spanish
and English
Religion:
Majority Islam sunnite, religion of state.
Local time:
Morocco lives per hour GMT. When it is midday in Paris,
summer-time, it is 10:00 in Morocco: and when it is
midday in Paris, hour of winter, it is 11:00 in Morocco.
Passport and
visa: The passport must be valid. For a stay lower than
three months, the visa is not necessary for the French,
the Belgians, the Swiss ones and the Canadians. The
older children of less than 16 years must have their
photograph on the passport of their parents.
Customs: The
franknesses which apply to Morocco are the same ones as
for any third country (country not forming part of the
EEC). It is allowed to bring back one liter of alcohol
posting more 22° and 2 liters of wines, a cartridge of
200 cigarettes.
Currencies:
The national currency is the dirham (DH), which is worth
approximately 0,65 FF. Namely that in Morocco, the life
remains appreciably less expensive than in France. The
import and the export of the Moroccan dirham remain
strictly prohibited.
Bank cards:
In Morocco, some 13.000 tradesmen accept the visa card.
One counts 1200 counters and nearly 160 automatic teller
machines only for the Visa network; without counting on
the presence also of Mastercard, Dinners International
club or American Express…
Sappers
firemen: 15
Organizes:
19
Information:
160
Clock: 172
Royal
gendarmerie (road helps): 177
O.N.M.T (Moroccan
National office of Tourism): 022 27 11 77
Tourism and
tourist office: 022 22 15 24
Radio
operator taxi: 022 89 24 89
S.O.S
Morocco Doctor: 022 82 82 82
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