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North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. The Spanish plazas de soberanía are on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by Morocco on land. In addition, The distinction between Northern Africa and the rest of Africa is historically significant because of the effective barrier created by the Sahara. Throughout history this barrier has culturally separated the North from the rest of Africa and, as the seafaring civilizations of the Phoenecians, Greeks, Romans and others facilitated communication and migration across the Mediterranean, the cultures of North Africa became much more closely tied to Southwestern Asia and Europe than Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| | Algeria (Algiers)
The second-largest country in Africa.
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| | Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria)
Home of the ancient Egyptian civilization, with its temples, hieroglyphs, mummies.
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| | Libya (Tripoli)
Large open spaces with more than 90% of the country being desert or semidesert.
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| | Morocco (Rabat)
Situated on both the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
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| | Tunisia (Tunis)
Located in the very centre of Mediterranean Africa
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| | Western Sahara
Governance is in dispute between Morocco and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), but the majority of the region is occupied by Morocco.
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