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Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa, located southwest of central Sahara and bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean. The natural border to the east is the Cameroon Mountains.
western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Map of the 16 countries of West Africa. West Africa includes 16 countries and one dependency. Nigeria is the most populous country in both West African and Africa as a whole. Cabo Verde is West Africa's least populous country. About 411 million people live in West Africa.
Explore the West African region with our interactive Map of West Africa, featuring countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. Discover the diverse geography, rich history, and cultural heritage of this vibrant area.
West Africa is the most densely populated area of Africa. Mapcarta, the open map.
West Africa, broadly defined to include the western portion of the Maghreb (Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), occupies an area in excess of 6,140,000 km 2, or approximately one-fifth of Africa. The vast majority of this land is plains lying less than 300 meters above sea level, though isolated high points exist in numerous states ...
The map shows West Africa with countries, international borders, national capitals, and major cities. You are free to use above map for educational purposes (fair use), please refer to the Nations Online Project.
The region of West Africa includes the southern portion of the bulge of the continent, which extends westward to the Atlantic Ocean. This region is bisected by the African Transition Zone, which borders the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
West-central Africa may be considered as an eastern extension of western Africa: in the north are the savannas of Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan, stretching to the Nile River, and in the south is the largely forested area of the Congo River basin.
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