ars ely ▁populated ▁and ▁un product ive ▁econom ically . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁lives ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁these ▁mountains , ▁while ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁lies ▁the ▁Western ▁Sah ara , ▁a ▁former ▁Spanish ▁col ony ▁that ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁by ▁Mor oc co ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁( see ▁Green ▁March ). ▁Mor oc co ▁claims ▁that ▁the ▁Western ▁Sah ara ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁territory ▁and ▁refers ▁to ▁that ▁as ▁its ▁Southern ▁Provin ces . ▁ ▁Mor oc co ' s ▁capital ▁city ▁is ▁Rab at ; ▁its ▁largest ▁city ▁is ▁its ▁main ▁port , ▁Cas ab lan ca . ▁Other ▁cities ▁recording ▁a ▁population ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Mor oc can ▁census ▁are ▁F es , ▁Mar rak esh , ▁M ek nes , ▁Sal é ▁and ▁Tang ier . ▁ ▁Mor oc co ▁is ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁ISO ▁ 3 1 6 6 - 1 ▁alpha - 2 ▁ge ographical ▁encoding ▁standard ▁by ▁the ▁symbol ▁MA . ▁This ▁code ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁Mor oc co ' s ▁internet ▁domain , ▁. ma . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁The ▁country ' s ▁Mediter rane an ▁climate ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁southern ▁California , ▁with ▁l ush ▁for ests ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁and ▁central ▁mountain ▁ranges ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁giving ▁way ▁to ▁d rier ▁conditions ▁and ▁in land ▁desert s ▁further ▁sout heast . ▁The ▁Mor oc can ▁coast al ▁pla