位於北非，隔著地中海與西班牙相望，在直布羅陀海峽地帶和西班牙最短距離僅15公里，大概就是板橋到南港的距離。1956年脫離西班牙殖民，但西班牙保留了北方幾個沿海城市的主權，並在勢力完全撤出後，留下西撒哈拉地區的主權爭議( 參見8/24西撒哈拉)。目前靠大西洋這側約80%的土地由摩洛哥實質掌控，剩下20%則由西撒人陣領導的撒拉威阿拉伯民主共和國掌控。美國於2020年承認摩洛哥擁有西撒哈拉合法主權。

Year Founded: 1956

Morocco is located in North Africa, facing Spain which sits on the opposite side of the Mediterranean Sea. The shortest distance between the two countries is a 15 kilometer span across the Strait of Gibraltar. The state broke away from Spanish colonial rule in 1956, but Spain still maintained sovereignty over several coastal cities for decades. Spain’s eventual complete withdrawal from this region resulted in the sovereignty issue over Western Sahara. Morocco claims de facto control over 80% of that territory on the side of the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the remaining 20% under the control of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic led by the Polisario Front. In 2020, the United States recognized the legitimacy of Morocco’s claim to the entire Western Sahara region.