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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
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Morocco Doctor: 022 82 82 82 |