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''North Africa'' comprises the seven countries of [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Morocco]], [[Sudan]], [[Tunisia]] and [[Western Sahara]]. We also include the autonomous part of Western Sahara called [[Sahrawi]].
''North Africa'' comprises the seven countries:
 
# [[Algeria]]
# [[Egypt]]
# [[Libya]]
# [[Morocco]]
# [[Sudan]]
# [[Tunisia]]
# [[Western Sahara]].  
 
We also include the autonomous part of Western Sahara called [[Sahrawi]].


The term is used in the precise UN sense (not the wider geographical sense) as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa  
The term is used in the precise UN sense (not the wider geographical sense) as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa  
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# [[Mauritania]]
# [[Mauritania]]
# [[Azores]]
# [[Azores]]
See also [[:Category:Northern Africa]]
Note that the new (2011) country of [[South Sudan]] is not in North Africa.




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Latest revision as of 12:10, 28 January 2013

North Africa comprises the seven countries:

  1. Algeria
  2. Egypt
  3. Libya
  4. Morocco
  5. Sudan
  6. Tunisia
  7. Western Sahara.

We also include the autonomous part of Western Sahara called Sahrawi.

The term is used in the precise UN sense (not the wider geographical sense) as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa

Not included are:

  1. The Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Mellila on the Mediterranean coast but surrounded by Morocco
  2. The Spanish Canary Islands and Portuguese Madeira Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of the African mainland
  3. Mauritania
  4. Azores

See also Category:Northern Africa

Note that the new (2011) country of South Sudan is not in North Africa.


> Southern Africa


> Africa


>> Countries