Moroccan units of measurement
{{Short description|Units of measurement used in Morocco}}
A number of units of measurement were used in Morocco to measure length, mass, capacity, etc. Metric system has been compulsory in Morocco since 1923.{{Cite book|title = Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins.|url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediasci00card_043|url-access = limited|last = Cardarelli |first = F.|publisher = Springer|year = 2003|isbn = 978-1-4471-1122-1|location = London|pages = [https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediasci00card_043/page/n867 122], 125}}
System before metric system
A number of local units were used.
=Length=
Several units were used. These units were variable, not rigidly defined.{{Cite book|title = International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology|last = Washburn|first = E.W.|publisher = McGraw-Hil Book Company, Inc|year = 1926|location = New York|volume = 1|pages = 9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zkErAAAAYAAJ&q=international+critical+tables+1926&pg=PA9 | access-date=8 February 2015}} Some units included:
1 cubit = 0.533 m
1 canna = 0.533 m
1 pic = 0.61 m
The code, covid, covado, cadee, or dhra was varied from 19.85 to 22.48 in (perhaps the best value was 20.92 in (0.531 3 m).{{Cite book|title = Weights Measures and Money of All Nations|url = https://archive.org/details/weightsmeasuresm00clarrich|last = Clarke|first = F.W.|publisher = D. Appleton & Company |year = 1891|location = New York|pages = [https://archive.org/details/weightsmeasuresm00clarrich/page/n56 53]}}
=Mass=
Several units were used. These units were variable, not rigidly defined. Some units included:
1 {{Transliteration|ar|italic=no|rotal}} = 507.5 g
1 {{Transliteration|ar|italic=no|artal}} = 507.5 g
1 {{Transliteration|ar|italic=no|gerbe}} = 3 kg
1 {{Transliteration|ar|italic=no|kula}} = 22 rotal
1 {{Transliteration|ar|italic=no|kantar}} = 100 rotal.
One rotl of commerce was equal to 1.19 lb while one rotl of the markets was equal to 1.7 lbs.