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North Africa

Also known as Northern Africa

northernmost region of the African continent

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North Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, bordering the Mediterranean Sea and characterized by distinct geography, culture, and history that differ from Sub-Saharan Africa. It matters because it serves as a bridge between Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, making it strategically and culturally significant to global affairs.

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Research

85,298 papers

Dementia caregiving in the Middle East and North Africa: A scoping review.Transcultural psychiatry · 2021Kane T, Hammad SH, Islam N et al.DOI: 10.1177/13634615211036404
Global Perspective: Kidney Transplantation in North Africa.Kidney360 · 2024Hafez MHDOI: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000497
Clinical and immunological spectra of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa and French Guiana.ReviewFrontiers in immunology · 2023Saidi N, Blaizot R, Prévot G et al.DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1134020
Locoregional Challenges For Interventional Radiology Practice in The Middle East/North Africa.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022El Tawab KAA, Arabi MDOI: 10.1007/s00270-022-03167-2
Female breast cancer burden among adolescent and young adults in North Africa.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Tawfiles D, Chen J, Tawfiles M et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12282-025-01755-x
Joint position statement from the Middle East and North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa on continuing to endorse the MAFLD definition.Journal of hepatology · 2024Fouad Y, Ghazinyan H, Alboraie M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.01.033
Forensic psychiatry in north Africa.ReviewCurrent opinion in psychiatry · 2009Hamaoui YE, Moussaoui D, Okasha TDOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32832ee38d
Pharmaceutical care education at pharmacy colleges in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review.Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics · 2022Boura F, Awaisu A, ElGeed H et al.DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.13674

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: region
Part of: Middle East and North Africa
Country: Tunisia
Continent: Africa
Population: 263618739
Shares border with: Atlantic Ocean
Location: Africa

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located in/on physical feature: Africa
Commons category: North Africa
topic's main category: Category:North Africa
number of out-of-school children: 3319759

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Encyclopedic overview

The population density of Africa as of 2000

North Africa, also known as Northern Africa, is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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