The aroma alone of the fragrant cilantro-garlic paste invokes the relentless sun, colorful souks, bustling medinas and miles and miles of sparsely populated, blue and gold coastline that for me is quintessential Morocco.

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Dozens of mining companies are trawling the narrow strip of land abutting its 44, 087-kilometre coastline for diamonds, gold and rubies and possibly more exotic treasures.

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Starting in the 1950s, the gold coast moniker referred to a number of cities along South Florida's coastline, explains Beth Butler, president and chief operating officer at One Sotheby's International Realty in Coral Gables, Fla.

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