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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states.
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.
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
Halaib Triangle Ilemi Triangle Kafia Kingi Western Sahara [5] Free Zone — Tifariti / Laayoune (claimed); Southern Provinces. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab — Dakhla; Guelmim-Oued Noun — Guelmim
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
Islam is most prevalent in Northern Africa, and is the state religion of many North African countries, such as Algeria, where 99% of the population practices Islam. [244] The majority of people in most governments in Southern, Southeast, and Central Africa, as well as in a sizable portion of the Horn of Africa and West Africa, identify as ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... all countries in Africa should be included in this category. This includes all the countries (not territories or former ...
List of continents and continental subregions by population; List of countries by United Nations geoscheme; List of regions of Africa; List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa; Regions of the African Union; United Nations geoscheme; United Nations geoscheme for the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania; United Nations ...