Morocco - On a Map! - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Hint	Answers	% Correct
City - 4.27 m	Casablanca	94%
Capital city - 2.12 m	Rabat	94%
Region	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	94%
Region	Casablanca-Settat	93%
A standardised version of Arabic, used in formal scenarios	Modern Standard Arabic	90%
Region	Fès-Meknès	87%
City - 1.15 m	Fez	86%
Spoken by 63% of Moroccans, universally taught and is the language of economics, commerce and medicine	French	86%
Region	Marrakech-Safi	86%
City - 929 k	Marrakesh	85%
Region	Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma	84%
City - 950 k	Tangier	84%
Spoken by 14% of Moroccans	English	82%
Spoken by 10% of Moroccans, especially in the far northern regions and the disputed Western Sahara territory.	Spanish	82%
The premier mountain range of North Africa, and home to much of Morocco's Berber (also known as Imazighen) people. Barbary lions used to roam these arid peaks, until the 20th century.	Atlas Mountains	76%
A vast desert territory claimed by both the Moroccan government and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Known as SADR for short, this unrecognised state claims a much larger territory than it currently controls (territory controlled by SADR is what is marked in stripes on the map, this isn't the whole territory). A long sand wall/berm delineates the line of control. Western Sahara was colonised by Spain up until 1975, and thus Spanish is official. Locals also speak Hassaniya Arabic, which is a distinct Maghrebi dialect from Moroccan Arabic.	Western Sahara	73%
City ~ 850 k	Agadir	69%
Spoken by 98% of Moroccans, one of the least conservative Arabic dialects with influences from Berber and Romance dialects. Mostly unintelligible from other Arabic dialects, it is the community language of Morocco.	Moroccan Arabic	69%
A crucial shipping route and the link between Africa and Europe. Just 13 kilometres seperate Spain and Morocco, at the strait's narrowest point.	Strait of Gibraltar	62%
City - 632 k	Meknes	53%
City - 558 k	Oujda	50%
Region	Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra	40%
Region	Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab	38%
City - 431 k	Kenitra	37%
4167 metres tall, the highest mountain in all of North Africa. The ascent takes two days and is not technical on the two most popular routes, although a scree scramble makes it a difficult trek nonetheless.	Toubkal	33%
Spoken by 7.9% of Moroccans, particularly in the Atlas mountains. Like other Berber/Tamazight languages, the dominant word order is VSO.	Central Atlas Tamazight	32%
Region	Souss-Massa	32%
Region	Drâa-Tafilalet	28%
Region	L'Oriental	28%
Region	Béni Mellal-Khénifra	24%
At 1100 kilometres long, the Draa is Morocco's longest river. Many kasbah (citadels) can be found in the historically-rich Draa valley.	Draa River	23%
Region	Guelmim-Oued Noun	20%
Spoken by 4% of Moroccans. Its homeland can be found in the Rif mountains along the Mediterranean Coastline.	Tarifit	17%
Spoken by 14.1% of Moroccans, the most popular Tamazight language in Morocco. Has a written tradition going back centuries.	Tashelhit	15%