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West Asia contains the majority of the similarly defined Middle East. The Middle East is a political term that has changed many times depending on political and historical context while West Asia is a geographical term with more consistency. It excludes most of Egypt and the northwestern part of Turkey, and includes the southern part of the ...
Due to the geographic ambiguity and Eurocentric nature of the term "Middle East", some people, especially in sciences such as agriculture and climatology, prefer to use other terms like "WANA" (West Asia and North Africa) [19] or the less common NAWA (North Africa-West Asia). [20] Usage of the term WANA has also been advanced by postcolonial ...
Even though the term originated in the West, countries of the Middle East that use languages other than Arabic also use that term in translation. For instance, the Persian equivalent for Middle East is خاورمیانه (Khāvar-e miyāneh), the Hebrew is המזרח התיכון (hamizrach hatikhon), and the Turkish is Orta Doğu.
But when discussing the geopolitical region of the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt is usually grouped with the Western Asian countries as part of the Middle East, while Egypt's western neighbor Libya is grouped with the remaining North African countries as the Maghreb. Both are members of the African Union.
In sociology, the East–West dichotomy is the perceived difference between the Eastern and the Western worlds. Cultural and religious rather than geographical in division, the boundaries of East and West are not fixed, but vary according to the criteria adopted by individuals using the term.
a: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey are often considered to be transcontinental countries, spanning both Asia and Europe. Many organisations, such as the BBC [34] place them in Europe, while others such as the CIA [35] include them in Asia, West Asia and the Middle East to be precise.
MEASEA : Middle East, Africa and South East Asia [citation needed] MEATI: Middle East, Africa, Turkey & India [13] MEESA: Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa [citation needed] MEISA: Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa [14] MENA: Middle East and North Africa; MENACA: Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia [15] MEP: Middle East ...
Countries within West Asia. Subcategories. This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total. ...