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Introduction - Morocco: | Location - Morocco: | People - Morocco: | Government - Morocco: | Economy - Morocco: | Communications - Morocco: | Transportation - Morocco: | Military - Morocco: | Military branches | Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense), Navy (includes Marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force (Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 7,908,864
females age 18-49: 7,882,879 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 6,484,787
females age 18-49: 6,675,729 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 353,377
females age 18-49: 341,677 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 5% (2003 est.) | | Disputes international | claims and administers Western Sahara whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals; Morocco protests Spains control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, the islands of Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters; discussions have not progressed on a comprehensive maritime delimitation, setting limits on resource exploration and refugee interdiction, since Moroccos 2002 rejection of Spains unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands; Morocco serves as one of the primary launching areas of illegal migration into Spain from North Africa | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |