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One common approach categorizes Africa directionally, e.g., by cardinal direction (compass direction): North Africa lies north of the Sahara and runs along the Mediterranean coast. West Africa is the portion roughly west of 10° east longitude, excluding Northern Africa and the Maghreb. West Africa contains large portions of the Sahara Desert ...
List of terms for country subdivisions; List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions; List of autonomous areas by country; List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions.
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 ]
22 geographical subregions as defined by the UNSD. Antarctica is not shown.. The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1]
Capitals of country subdivisions in Africa (25 C) Municipalities in Africa (4 C) A. Subdivisions of Algeria (4 C, 3 P) Subdivisions of Angola (3 C, 4 P) B.
Country in Africa. Area of mainland South Africa is 1,220,813 km 2 (471,359 sq mi), [5] added to which are the Prince Edward Islands – Marion Island, 290 km 2, and Prince Edward Island, 45 km 2. [6] Central Europe: 1,200,790: United Nations geoscheme region.
Number of country subdivisions Russia: 85 United States: 55 China: 26 Brazil: 20 Argentina: 19 Kazakhstan: 17 India: 16 Congo-Kinshasa: 15 Mexico and Mongolia: 12 Algeria and Canada: 11 Saudi Arabia: 10 Indonesia, Iran and Libya: 9 Mali and South Africa: 8 Angola, Australia, Somalia, Sudan and Zambia: 7 Chad and Mozambique: 6
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