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Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions Lighter green: The Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division [2] instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any ...
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.
Much of Africa is made up of plains of the pediplain and etchplain type often occurring as steps. [2] [3] The etchplains are commonly associated with laterite soil and inselbergs. [2] Inselberg-dotted plains are common in Africa including Tanzania, [4] the Anti-Atlas of Morocco, [2] Namibia, [5] and the interior of Angola. [6]
Landforms of South Africa (24 C, 8 P) Landforms of South Sudan (6 C, 2 P) Landforms of Sudan (8 C, 3 P) T. Landforms of Tanzania (16 C, 10 P) Landforms of Togo (5 C, 1 P)
Landforms of Africa by country (72 C) Landforms of Africa by dependent territory (7 C) A. Archipelagoes of Africa (15 C, 5 P) B. Basins of Africa (2 C, 11 P)
The Great Mosque of Djenné, constructed in a Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, located in Mali. In the 7th century CE, North Africa was conquered by Muslim Arabs, providing the context in which Islam would eventually spread throughout sub-Saharan African populations—particularly those in East and West Africa—in succeeding centuries through their subsequent exposure to the Islamized ...
Toggle Sub-Saharan Africa subsection. 2.1 Eastern Africa. 2.2 Middle ... The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for ...
The total fertility rate (children per woman) for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world. [220] All countries in sub-Saharan Africa had TFRs (average number of children) above replacement level in 2019 and accounted for 27.1% of global livebirths. [221] In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 29% of global births. [222]