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The population density of Africa as of 2000. North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and 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.
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Cape Peninsula of Cape Town, Africa's southernmost city and the second largest city of South Africa, also its legislative capital. View of Algiers: Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in North Africa.
Morocco, [ d ] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [ e ] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
City Country Administrative area according to local national census authorities Urban agglomerations United Nations - 2020 [1] Urban agglomerations citypopulation.de - 2023 [2] Image Cairo Egypt: 10,044,894 (2022) [3] Governorate: 20,901,000 22,200,000 Lagos Nigeria: 27,000,000 (2023) [4] 14,368,000 30,000,000 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of ...
Website. www.Melilla.es. Melilla ( / mɛˈliːjə / mel-EE-yə, Spanish: [meˈliʎa] ⓘ; Tarifit: Mřič) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 12.3 km 2 (4.7 sq mi).
The history of North Africa has been divided into its prehistory, its classical period, the arrival and spread of Islam, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed. The region has been influenced by many diverse cultures. The development of sea travel firmly brought the region into the ...
North Africa. The layout of the Punic city-state Carthage, before its fall in 146 BC. Carthage[ a] was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.
Ceuta ( UK: / ˈsjuːtə /, US: / ˈseɪuːtə /, [ 5][ 6] Spanish: [ˈθewta, ˈsewta] ⓘ) [ a] is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.