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2. Morocco Morocco is a country located in North Africa . It has a population of more than 35 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara . It is part of the Maghreb region, in addition to Tunisia , Algeria , Mauritania , and Libya , with which it shares cultural, historical and linguistic ties. Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The King of Morocco holds vast executive powers, including the possibility of dissolving the parliament. Executive power is exercised by the government but more importantly by the king himself. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Assembly of Representatives and the Assembly of Councillors . The king can also issue decrees called dahirs which have the force of law. Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, and were considered by some neutral observers to be mostly free and fair; although voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in decades. The political capital is Rabat , and the largest city is Casablanca ; other large cities include Marrakesh , Tetouan , Tangier , Salé , Fes , Agadir , Meknes and Oujda .

3. India India India ( i /ˈɪndiə/ ), officially the Republic of ), [c] is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people , and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; [d] China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. [8] Four of the world's major religions— Hinduism , Buddhism , Jainism , and Sikhism —originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism , Christianity , and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture . Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance and led by Mahatma Gandhi .

4. Jordan officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jorda is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan . The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and Palestine to the west, sharing control of the Dead Sea with the latter. Jordan's only port is at its south-western tip, at the Gulf of Aqaba , which is shared with Israel, Egypt , and Saudi Arabia. Over half of Jordan is covered by the Arabian Desert . However, the western part of Jordan is arable land and forests. Jordan is part of the Fertile Crescent . The capital city is Amman .

5. King of Morocco- Mohammad VI President of India- Smt. Pratibha Patil

6. Moroccon Dirham Indian Rupees Jordanian Dinar

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