Northwest Africa
Published on Wednesday, August 1st 2007
Northwest Africa or Northwestern Africa is a variably defined region of the African continent. The term is commonly used in various disciplines: geopolitics, archaeology, anthropology, and genetics. Incorporating cardinal directions, the term is preferred over use of Maghreb and similar terms possibly due to the cultural underpinnings of those terms.
The countries and territories in Northwestern Africa include:
Maghreb, Barbary, and Tamazgha are more or less synonymous with Northwestern Africa.
Regions of the world
Maghreb Northern Central Southern Western * Eastern
Americas
North (Northern Middle Central Caribbean) South (Southern Cone) Anglo Latin
Central Eastern (Far East Asia-Pacific) Northern (Siberia) Southern (Indian subcontinent) Southeastern Southwestern/Western
Western Central Eastern Northern Southern
Middle East
Arabian Peninsula Caucasus Levant Mesopotamia Persian Plateau
Australasia Melanesia Micronesia * Polynesia
Polar
Oceans
World Arctic Atlantic Indian Pacific * Southern
See also Continents of the world
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