North Africa
In North Africa, beautiful mosques, bustling markets, and ancient ruins lie between the Mediterranean coast and the Sahara Desert. It has an ancient history, with many Berber kingdoms as well as the Greek, Roman, and Ottoman empires ruling there.Tap on the map to travel |
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Morocco
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Morocco is the northwesternmost country in Africa. The only constitutional monarchy in North Africa and an important player in Arab affairs, Morocco has, for most people, been the gateway to Africa.
Algeria
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Algeria is the largest country in Africa. Overlooked by many travellers, the country is bursting with beauty waiting to be discovered.
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Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea.North Africa
- Type: region
- Description: northernmost region of the African continent
- Neighbors: Central Africa, East Africa and West Africa
- Category: cultural region
- Location: Africa
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Latitude of centre
28.5447° or 28° 32' 41" northLongitude of centre
9.8674° or 9° 52' 3" eastWikidata ID
Q27381North Africa Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tafriqt Ugafa
- Achinese: Afrika Barôh
- Achinese: Afrika Utara
- Afar: Arqa Afrika
- Afrikaans: Noord-Afrika
- Albanian: Afrika veriore
- Algerian Arabic: شمال أفريقيا
- Amharic: ስሜን አፍሪካ
- Arabic: Amihanan nga Apriká
- Arabic: أفريقيا الشمالية
- Arabic: إفريقيا الشمالية
- Arabic: شمال أفريقيا
- Arabic: شمال إفريقيا
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Աֆրիկա
- Arpitan: Africa de Bise
- Arpitan: Africa du Nord
- Asturian: África del Norte
- Avaric: Lentefa Afrika
- Azerbaijani: Şimali Afrika
- Azerbaijani: شمالی آفریقا
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ Африка
- Basque: Iparraldeko Afrika
- Bavarian: Noadafrika
- Belarusian: Паўночная Афрыка
- Bengali: উত্তর আফ্রিকা
- Bosnian: Sjeverna Afrika
- Breton: Afrika an Norzh
- Bulgarian: Северна Африка
- Catalan: Àfrica del Nord
- Central Kurdish: باکووری ئەفریقا
- Chechen: Къилбаседа Африка
- Chinese: Pak Hui-chiu
- Chinese: 北部非洲
- Chinese: 北阿非利加洲
- Chinese: 北非
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Африка
- Croatian: Sjeverna Afrika
- Czech: Severní Afrika
- Danish: Nordafrika
- Dimli (individual language): Afrikaya Zımey
- Dutch: Noord-Afrika
- Egyptian Arabic: شمال افريقيا
- English: Northern Africa
- Esperanto: Nord-Afriko
- Estonian: Põhja-Aafrika
- Finnish: Pohjois-Afrikka
- French: Afrique du Nord
- Galician: África do Norte
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი აფრიკა
- German: Nordafrika
- German: Nördliches Afrika
- Greek: Βόρεια Αφρική
- Haitian: Afrik dinò
- Hausa: Arewacin Afirka
- Hebrew: צפון אפריקה
- Hindi: उत्तर अफ़्रीका
- Hungarian: Észak-Afrika
- Icelandic: Norður-Afríka
- Iloko: Akin-amianan nga Aprika
- Iloko: Amianan nga Aprika
- Inari Sami: Tave-Afrik
- Indonesian: Afrika Utara
- Irish: An Afraic Thuaidh
- Italian: Nordafrica
- Japanese: 北アフリカ
- Javanese: Afrika Lor
- Javanese: Afrika Lèr
- Kabyle: Tafriqt ugafa
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Arqa Afrika
- Kazakh: Солтүстік Африка
- Kinaray-A: Afrika Naaminhan
- Kinaray-A: Naaminhan nga Afrika
- Kongo: Afelika ya Node
- Korean: 북아불리가
- Korean: 북아프리카
- Kotava: Lentefa Afrika
- Kurdish: Afrîkaya Bakur
- Ladino: Afrika del Nord
- Ladino: Afrika del Norte
- Lao: Amianan nga Aprika
- Latin: Africa Septentrionalis
- Latvian: Ziemeļāfrika
- Limburgan: Naord-Afrika
- Lingua Franca Nova: Africa norde
- Literary Chinese: 北阿非利加洲
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Afrika
- Luxembourgish: Nordafrika
- Macedonian: Северна Африка
- Malagasy: Afrika Avaratra
- Malay: Afrika Utara
- Malay: افريکا اوتارا
- Malayalam: ഉത്തരാഫ്രിക്ക
- Manx: Yn Affrick Hwoaie
- Maori: Āwherika-ki-te-raki
- Marathi: उत्तर आफ्रिका
- Mazanderani: آفریقای شمال
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak Hui-chiu
- Mingrelian: ოორუე აფრიკა
- Moksha: Кельмеширень Африкась
- Mongolian: Умар Африк
- Mongolian: Умард Африк
- N'Ko: ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬ ߞߐ߬ߘߎ߮
- N'Ko: ߞߐ߬ߘߎ߮ ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬
- Northern Frisian: Nuurdafrikoo
- Northern Sami: Davvi-Afrihká
- Norwegian: Nord-Afrika
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nord-Afrika
- Norwegian Bokmål: nordre Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nordlege Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nordre Afrika
- Occitan (post 1500): Africa del Nòrd
- Panjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ
- Pedi: Afrika Leboa
- Persian: شمال آفریقا
- Polish: Afryka Północna
- Portuguese: Norte da África
- Portuguese: Norte de África
- Pushto: شمالي افريقا
- Romanian: Africa Nordică
- Romanian: Africa de Nord
- Russian: Северная Африка
- Rusyn: Сіверна Африка
- Santali: ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ
- Sardinian: Àfrica de su Norti
- Scots: North Africae
- Scottish Gaelic: Afraga a Tuath
- Serbian: Северна Африка
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Afrika
- Serbo-Croatian: Tafriqt n ugafa
- Shona: Afurika ye Maodzanyemba
- Sicilian: Africa dû Nord
- Sicilian: Àfrica dû Nord
- Silesian: Pōłnocnŏ Afryka
- Skolt Sami: Tâʹvv-Afrikk
- Slovak: Severná Afrika
- Slovenian: Severna Afrika
- Somali: Waqooyiga Afrika
- South Azerbaijani: قوزئی آفریقا
- Southern Sotho: Afrika Leboa
- Spanish: Norte de Africa
- Spanish: Norte de África
- Spanish: África del Norte
- Sundanese: Afrika Kalér
- Swahili: Afrika ya Kaskazini
- Swedish: Nordafrika
- Swiss German: Nordafrika
- Tachelhit: Tafriqt n ugafa
- Tagalog: Hilagang Aprika
- Tajik: Африқои Шимолӣ
- Talysh: Şimali Afrikə
- Tamil: வடக்கு ஆப்பிரிக்கா
- Tatar: Төньяк Африка
- Thai: แอฟริกาเหนือ
- Tosk Albanian: Nordafrika
- Turkish: Kuzey Afrika
- Turkmen: Demirgazyk Afrika
- Tyap: Afi̱rika A̱za
- Tyap: A̱za Afi̱rika
- Ukrainian: Північна Африка
- Upper Sorbian: Sewjerna Afrika
- Urdu: شمالی افریقا
- Urdu: شمالی افریقہ
- Uzbek: Shimoliy Afrika
- Venetian: Nordàfrica
- Vietnamese: Bắc Phi
- Vlaams: Nôord-Afrika
- Walloon: Afrike bijhrece
- Waray (Philippines): Amihanan nga Apriká
- Welsh: Gogledd Affrica
- Western Frisian: Noard-Afrika
- Western Panjabi: اتلا افریقہ
- Western Panjabi: شمالی افریقا
- Wolof: Bëj-gànnaaru Afrig
- Wu Chinese: 北非
- Yakut: Хоту Африка
- Yiddish: צפון אפריקע
- Yoruba: Àríwá Áfríkà
- Yue Chinese: 北非
- Afrikay Zımey
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