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  2. List of regions of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Maghreb is a region of northwest Africa encompassing the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Sahara Desert is the massive sparsely populated region in North Africa that contains the world's largest hot deserts; Sub-Saharan Africa is the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara.

  3. Geography of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Satellite view of Africa 1916 physical map of Africa. The average elevation of the continent approximates closely to 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, roughly near to the mean elevation of both North and South America, but considerably less than that of Asia, 950 m (3,120 ft). In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively ...

  4. United Nations geoscheme for Africa - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the United Nations and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes. [ 1 ]

  5. Africa - Wikipedia

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    Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9]

  6. Category:Geography of Africa by region - Wikipedia

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    Countries in Africa by region (6 C) C. ... Geography of East Africa (23 C, 8 P) I. Geography of the Indian Ocean (15 C, 9 P) M. Geography of the Middle East (20 C, 26 ...

  7. Afrotropical realm - Wikipedia

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    Most of the Afrotropical realm, except for Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separates the Afrotropic from the Palearctic realm, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia.

  8. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZPCAS or ZOPACAS): group of nations along the Atlantic coasts of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, formed with a special focus on opposing nuclear proliferation in the region; SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa; SWANA: Southwest Asia-North Africa, used as an alternative term for the wider Middle East.

  9. List of countries and territories by the United Nations ...

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    The United Nations geoscheme was created for statistical analysis and consists of six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [2]The United Nations Statistics Division created and maintains the M49 – Standard country or area codes for statistical use. [3]