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المغرب.

ccTLD
Type ccTLD
Status Active
Region AF
Country
  • Morocco
Introduced September 8, 2010
Implemented February 5, 2011
Script Arabic
In English Morocco
Punycode xn--mgbc0a9azcg
Registry Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT)
Websites

المغرب. is the IDN ccTLD for Morocco. It is managed by the Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT).[1]

The domain at the DNS root level is “المغرب”. This is represented in ASCII-compatible encoding according to the IDNA specification as “xn--mgbc0a9azcg”. The individual Unicode code points that comprise this string are U+0627 U+0644 U+0645 U+063A U+0631 U+0628.

In Arabic language, the string has a meaning equivalent to “Morocco” in English. Its pronunciation in English is transliterated as “al-Maghrib”. The string is expressed using the Arabic script.[2]

Delegation History[edit | edit source]

On December 10, 2007, ANRT, the organisation which also manages the country's ASCII ccTLD, .ma, joined the “Arabic domain names pilot project” during which “some experimental Arabic domain names under “المغرب” were created and tested”. The participation in this project allowed ANRT “to gain a good practical experience related to IDN domain names”.

On September 8, 2010 an application was made to the “IDN Fast Track” process to have the string “المغرب” recognised as representing Morocco. On 23 October 2010, review by the IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel found that "the applied-for strings ... present none of the threats to the stability or security of the DNS identified in [the IDN Fast Track implementation plan] ... and present an acceptably low risk of user confusion". The request for the string to represent the Morocco was subsequently approved.

On December 31, 2010, the ANRT commenced a request to ICANN for delegation of “المغرب” as a top-level domain.[2] The TLD was registered by IANA on 5 February, 2011.[1]

Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]

The registry website for both .ma and المغرب. has the following message: "The terms and conditions of the administrative, technical and commercial management of « المغرب. » Domain Names will soon be set by ANRT."[3]

References[edit | edit source]

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

Africa, according to the ICANN Geographic Regions (ICANN Geographic Regions).

Retrieved from "https://icannwiki.org/index.php?title=المغرب.&oldid=1392400"
Semantic properties for "المغرب."
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Date implementedStores the date that an object was implemented, normalized to the "Month DD, YYYY" format.
February 5, 2011 +
Date introducedStores the date that an object was introduced, normalized to the "Month DD, YYYY" format.
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Has ICANN regionAssociates an object with an ICANN-determined Geographic Region.
AF +
Has TLD statusAssociates a Top-Level Domain with its IANA-derived status. Allowed values are: Proposed, Submitted, Delegated, Active, Retired, or Removed.
Active +
Has TLD typeAssociates a Top-Level Domain with its primary type (gTLD or ccTLD).
CcTLD +
Has countryAssociates a page with a country. Territory names are extracted from ISO 3166, "Country Codes".
Morocco +
Has entity typeSpecifies the primary classification or fundamental type of the page's subject (e.g., Event, Organization, Person).
TLD +
Has registry operatorAssociates an object with a registry operator.
Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT) +
Is IDNIndicates whether a TLD is an IDN. This is a boolean.
true +
Uses writing scriptStores the writing script associated with an object (e.g., Cyrillic, Hangul, Kana). This value does not get normalized.
Arabic +