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According to the Oil and Gas Journal (January 1, 2009), the MENA region has 60% of the world's oil reserves (810.98 billion barrels (128.936 km 3)) and 45% of the world's natural gas reserves ( 2,868,886 billion cubic feet (81,237.8 km 3) ). [53] As of 2023, 7 of the 13 OPEC nations are within the MENA region. [citation needed]
These countries are considered major European powers and they are the Western European countries individually represented as full members of the G7, the G8, the G-10 and the G20. This also has an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest, when these countries added to Spain, are turned the BIG 5.
[2] [3] It also denotes a vaguely defined region encompassing the Arab world, along with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and sometimes the Caucasus and Central Asia. [4] [5] [6] Adam Garfinkle of the Foreign Policy Research Institute defined the Greater Middle East as the MENA region together with the Caucasus and Central Asia. [7]
Debates on which countries should be included in the Middle East are wide-ranging. [2] The Greater Middle East and North Africa region can include the Caucasus, Cyprus, Afghanistan, and several sub-Saharan African states due to various social, religious and historic ties. The most commonly accepted countries in the MENA region are included on ...
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
List of Middle Eastern countries by population. 6 languages. ... Date of last figure Source 1
Mena Suvari is opening up about her painful past. In a new interview with People, the American Beauty star says she was the victim of repeated sexual abuse when she was between the ages of 12 and ...
English: The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) or WANA (West Asia and North Africa) region according to 13 definitions: 7 from United Nations agencies/programmes, 3 from agricultural organisations, 2 from demographics research institutes, 1 from historians. Dark blue countries/territories are included in more than 66% of definitions, skyblues ...