Rabat (Berber: , Arabic: الرِّبَاط‎ ‎ , Moroccan Arabic: رّباط‎ ‎ ) is the capital city of Morocco and its second largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. It is also the capital city of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra administrative region.