North Africa: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:10, 28 January 2013

North Africa comprises the seven countries:

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:

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

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-#REDIRECT [[:Category:Northern Africa]]
+''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
+Not included are:
+# The Spanish exclaves of [[Ceuta]] and [[Mellila]] on the Mediterranean coast but surrounded by Morocco
+# The Spanish [[Canary Islands]] and Portuguese [[Madeira]] Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of the African mainland
+# [[Mauritania]]
+# [[Azores]]
+See also [[:Category:Northern Africa]]
+Note that the new (2011) country of [[South Sudan]] is not in North Africa.
+> [[Southern Africa]]
+----
+> [[Africa]]
+<br>
+>> [[Countries]]
+[[Category:Africa| ]]
+[[Category:Northern Africa| ]]
+[[Category:VISCED]]