State · 1549 – present
Morocco
A state of 1549 – present — 477 years, still standing in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Spanish Sahara, Spanish protectorate in Morocco and French protectorate in Morocco. The atlas records 68 things within it — wars and battles 22 · unrest and atrocity 9 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 3 · treaties 5 · people 28. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 477 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 3
- the King of Morocco
- Most ground
- 406,800 km²
- in 1976
- Within it
- 68
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Spanish protectorate in Morocco · replaces
- Spanish Sahara · replaces · 1884 – 1976
- French protectorate in Morocco · replaces
Rulers
The line of King of Morocco - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad V of Morocco | 1957 – 1961 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Hassan II | 1961 – 1999 | 38 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Mohammed VI of Morocco | 1999 – in office | in office since 1999 | still in office | child |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1957 – 1999. Only 42 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Morocco, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Mbarek Bekkay | 1955 – 1958 |
| Fatmi Benslimane | 1955 – 1955 |
| Abdallah Ibrahim | 1958 – 1960 |
| Ahmed Balafrej | 1958 – 1958 |
| Ahmed Bahnini | 1963 – 1965 |
| Mohamed Benhima | 1967 – 1969 |
| Ahmed Laraki | 1969 – 1971 |
| Mohammed Karim Lamrani | 1971 – 1972 |
| Ahmed Osman | 1972 – 1979 |
| Maati Bouabid | 1979 – 1983 |
| Mohammed Karim Lamrani | 1983 – 1986 |
| Azzeddine Laraki | 1986 – 1992 |
| Mohammed Karim Lamrani | 1992 – 1994 |
| Abdellatif Filali | 1994 – 1998 |
| Abderrahmane Youssoufi | 1998 – 2002 |
| Driss Jettou | 2002 – 2007 |
| Abbas El Fassi | 2007 – 2011 |
| Abdelilah Benkirane | 2011 – 2017 |
| Saadeddine Othmani | 2017 – 2021 |
| Aziz Akhannouch | 2021 – 2026 |
| Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri | 2026 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
384,500 km² in 1674, 406,800 km² in 2024; at its largest 406,800 km² in 1999. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, from 1915Flag of Morocco · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1957Coat of arms of Morocco · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1500 – 15995 rows · 4 wars and battles
- Ahmad al-Mansur · ruler · 1549 – 1603
- Battle of Alcácer Quibir · battle · 1578
- Capture of Fez · battle · 1576
- Battle of Wadi al-Laban · battle · 1558
- Capture of Fez · battle · 1554
1600 – 16996 rows · 5 wars and battles
- Ismail Ibn Sharif · ruler · 1645 – 1727
- Battle of Tangier · battle · 1664
- Battle of Moulouya · battle · 1692
- Battle of Tangier · battle · 1662
- Battle of Tangier · battle · 1675
- Battle of Mamora · battle · 1696
1700 – 17992 rows
- Abd al-Rahman of Morocco · politician · 1779 – 1859
- Muhammad III of Morocco · politician · 1710 – 1790
1800 – 189917 rows · 6 wars and battles
- Yusef of Morocco · politician · 1882 – 1927
- Hassan I of Morocco · politician · 1836 – 1894
- Abdelaziz of Morocco · politician · 1878 – 1943
- Abd al-Hafid of Morocco · politician · 1875 – 1937
- Hispano-Moroccan War · war · 1859 – 1860
- Muhammad IV of Morocco · ruler · 1803 – 1873
- Franco-Moroccan War · war · 1844
- Thami El Glaoui · politician · 1870 – 1956
and 9 more in the atlas.
1900 – 199929 rows · 7 wars and battles · 4 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Mohammed VI of Morocco · ruler · 1963 – present
- Hassan II · ruler · 1929 – 1999
- Muhammad V of Morocco · ruler · 1909 – 1961
- Aziz Akhannouch · politician · 1961 – present
- Saadeddine Othmani · politician · 1956 – present
- Abdelilah Benkirane · politician · 1954 – present
- Rif War · war · 1911 – 1927
- Brahim Ghali · politician · 1949 – present
and 21 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20999 rows · 5 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2023 Al Haouz earthquake · disaster · 2023
- 2011–2012 Moroccan protests · unrest · 2011
- Marrakesh VIP Treaty · treaty · 2013
- COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco · plague · 2020
- 2022 Melilla incident · atrocity · 2022
- 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake · disaster · 2004
- 2025 Moroccan Gen Z protests · unrest · 2025
- Gdeim Izik protest camp · unrest · 2010
and 1 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood477 years
stood longer than 85% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held406,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 70% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century1.0
had more wars on record per century than 96% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 7 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1501 – 2074, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1976, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1028 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.