MOROCCO

Capital: Rabat
Population: 33.8 million people
Language: Arabic, Amazigh
Main Religion: Muslim
Money is a Dirham

Morocco’s Leader

King Muhammad VI is the king andthe spiritual leader from 1999
2Geography• Morocco, about one-tenthlarger than California,
lies across the Strait ofGibraltar
ontheMediterranean and looks
out on the Atlantic fromthe northwest shoulderof Africa. Algeria is to theeast and Mauritania tothe south. On the Atlantic
coast there is a fertile
plain. The Mediterranean
coastismountainous.
TheAtlasMountains,runningnortheastward
from the south to theAlgerian frontier, withthe highest pick in Africa
3(4176 m)

Tanger

FèsRabatntiqueCasablanca
El Jadida
Jorf Lasfar
Settat

Oujda

KhouribgaéanAtla

Safi
Youssoufia
Benguerir
Essaouira
Marrakech

Oc

Agadir MeskalaLaâyoune
Boujdour

BoucraâRéserves marocaines
des phosphates (en 109 m3)
Eddakhla Oulad Abdoun(Khouribga)

37,3(Benguerir / Youssoufia)

31,1(Région Marrakech)

15,9
1,1

 Gantour4

 Meskala Oued EddahabTanger

FèsRabatntiqueCasablanca
El Jadida
Jorf Lasfar
SettatOujda

KhouribgaéanAtla

Safi
Youssoufia
Benguerir
Essaouira
Marrakech

OcAgadir Meskala

Laâyoune
Boujdour

BoucraâRéserves marocaines
des phosphates (en 109 m3)
Eddakhla Oulad Abdoun(Khouribga)

37,3(Benguerir / Youssoufia)

31,1(Région Marrakech)

15,9
1,1

 Gantour5

 Meskala Oued EddahabMorocco’s Land diversity

Morocco has manydifferent types ofland. Imperial towns
Deserts, lowlands,
mountain sides. Thefarms there, areusually near rivers,lakes, ponds orstreams.
6Other Hobbies

Some samples of touristicares

The beaches of Essaouira(on the left)
Hassan Tower(on the top)

Chellah(on the right)

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Weather and Climate

In the winter, Morocco is freezing
and is very windy.
In summer, Morocco is burning inplaces near the Sahara Desert.
In places that are not really close tothe Sahara Desert, its actually
pretty beautiful.

8Morocco’s
complicatedness
Adolescents and youth(10-24 years) represent
over 30% of thepopulation of Morocco.

Morocco is engaged in theeradication of illiteracy
9Food That They Eat

Moroccans eat certain foods almost
everyday such as bread ( topdiagonal ),tajine ( left ),and couscous ( top ).

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Facts•Morocco is one of the few countries nationalized. He has
12 centuries of existence•Morocco was the 1st country to recognize the UnitedStates as a country.
•The name “Morocco” comes from the Arabic “al Maghrebal Aqsa”, meaning *** the farthest west***11

Khouribga capital of phosphates

Khouribga is located in thecenter of Morocco, 110km
from Casablanca and 80 kmfrom Beni-mellal positioned
in the region of Chaouia
Ouardigha, on the set ofOuled-Abdoun, the city is
the most important sourceof phosphate in Morocco,
which gives it an economic
value at the national level.
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OCP Group in Brief

OCPin Brief

Creation / Business
Status
A public company, founded in1920, with autonomy in terms ofmanagement.
Business Line
Mining, processing,development and marketing andphosphate derivatives.

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OCP Group in Brief
At the international level
OCP
en Bref

OCP operates on five continents, exporting 95% ofits production.
Direct consequences for OCP
OCP facing the brunt of the pressure in theinternational market.

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Hassan 1st University• Hassan the 1st University is part of a network of 15 universities
across the country. It is under the Ministry of Higher Education,
Scientific Research and Professional Training.
• Its Institutions are : Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences – Settat
 Faculty of Science and Technology – Settat
 National School of Commerce and Management – Settat
 Faculty Polydisciplinary - Khouribga
 Higher School of Technology - Berrechid National School of Applied Sciences - Khouribga
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University Hassan 1st is 19,724
students in 2012-2013:
Normal Cursus
1202 students at ENCG
616 students at the ENSA
377 students in the EST
3824 students in the FST
9412 students to FSJES
4293 students at the FPK

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Scientific research

The university Hassan 1st has two centers of Doctoral Studies:"Science and Technology" and "Economic and Social
Sciences and Legal Management“
They have as their primary objectives:
To promote and support areas and themes of Researchscientific, strengthening major research centers at theUniversity, while promoting innovative themes. Both centers
are coordinated by the Doctoral College chaired by the Vice
President for Scientific Research.
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Polydisciplinary Facultyof Khouribga
FPK task manifested in ensuring theapplication of the laws relating to public
educational institutions (law 01-00 Article4).
It also have a role in the dissemination ofknowledge, science and culture at variouslevels.
Starting courses in 2005

Foundation is built on an area of ​12
hectares of land granted by the OCPGroup, 1 DH symbolic within theframework of the partnership between theOCP and the University Hassan I.

The faculty in numbersof FPK

Building value: 118 845 860.57
DHProcessing: 7 324 756.60 DH
Create an additional 1 000000.00 DH* Green spaces* The well and irrigationequipment
Total covered area: 26 300 m²
Capacity: 5000 places

Infrastructure
Pedagogical building

Administration building

Amphiteater

6

Administration offices

36

Amphi for conference

1

Professors offices

45

Classrooms

4

room for Steering Works

39

Professor-room

1

Room for applied works

45

Shelves-room

2Computing sciences room

6

Printing-room

1

Language room4

Library

1

Socio-cultural building

1

cafeteria for students1Pedagogicalside
Courses with limited tract:
professional licenses* Electrical engineering andindustrial informatics* Automatic electronics andcommunications*Industrial Engineering*Geo-mining and engineeringresources.

Open tract: Fundamental
Licenses.
* Arabic Studies* Geography,*Chemistry Sciences(SMC),*•Physics Sciences* natural sciences* Economics and management sciences* Applied Mathematical Sciences

studiesstudiessystemsystemBy
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units
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fondamental
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S3

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Fundamental License: open tract

Number of students
2012-2013

Arabic Studies299

Geography,360

Chemistry Sciences(SMC),*375Physics Sciences393

natural sciences

271

Economics and management sciences892

Applied Mathematical Sciences

50

Total

Total: 4293 students at theFPK

2640

Professional License :Limited attract

Number of students
2012-2013

Electrical engineering and industrial
informatics

90

Automatic electronics andcommunications

82

Industrial Engineering97

Geo-mining and engineering resources.

66

Total335

Research Laboratories in Polydisciplinary Faculty of Khouribga,
1. Laboratory of Nanosciences and Modeling
Director: Prof. K. Elhami
Research Axes:
Advanced material architectures for energy
conversion* Nano-structured composite materials* Modelling of nanostructural evolution* Polymers-metal-ceramic-organic and inorganic
material in nanoscale dimensions.
*2. Laboratory of Economy and Management(ERPCOM)
Director: Prof. D. Baakil
Research Axes:
research in the areas of economics, organization
theory and empirics, management andcorporate strategies, public choice and otheraspects of public policy, innovation studies,environment, industrial history and theory,cognitive and artificial sciences.
Furthermore, the laboratory have its own review
titled : “ les temps modernes “.

24Applied Chemistry room

Applied Biology room

Parking lotGreen spaces

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Thank you foryour attention

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