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___ Political Map of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula | ||
Map is showing the countries of the upper (northern) part of Africa, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula with international borders, the national capitals, and major cities. In the United Nations classification of geographical regions, the following countries belong to Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya), Morocco, Sudan (and eventually South Sudan), Tunisia, and Western Sahara. The Maghreb or Maghrib is a region of North Africa, the term refers to the five North African nations of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, and Libya. Egypt is by some definitions part of the Middle East, geographically it is a transcontinental country, the bigger part of the country streches along the Nile in North Africa while the Sinai Peninsula is in Asia. By some definitions the world's largest peninsula, the Arabian Peninsula, is situated in Southwest Asia with the Red Sea in south west, the Persian Gulf in west and the Arabian Sea in south east. By political definition the countries on the peninsula are: Kuwait, the island nation of Bahrain, Qatar, situated on a peninsula itself, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in east, Oman in southeast, and Yemen in south, Saudi Arabia in the center, Israel and the Palestinian territories on the northwest coast along the Mediterranean Sea. In the northern part of the peninsula is the Syrian Desert, which also includes northeastern Jordan, southeastern Syria, and western Iraq.  You are free to
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| Related Categories: Political Maps of Countries of Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula: North Africa: Algeria Map, Chad Map, Egypt Map, Libya Map, Mali Map, Mauritania Map, Morocco Map, Niger Map, Senegal Map, Sudan Map, Tunisia Map Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain Map, Iraq Map, Israel Map, Jordan Map, Oman Map, Qatar Map, Saudi Arabia Map, Syria Map, United Arab Emirates Map, Yemen Map Continent:  Capital cities of Africa Countries of Africa Map of Southwestern Asia and the Middle East Map of Africa | Information and serachable maps of North African Capital Cities Algiers, Cairo, Rabat, Nouakchott, Tripoli (Tarabulus), Tunis, Capital Cities on the Arabian Peninsula and Mediterranean: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus, Doha, Jerusalem (claimed by Israel and the Palestinians), Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, Sana'a | Related Consumer Information: | |
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