Algeria Google Maps

Algeria

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Algeria (DZ). Explore satellite imagery of Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Algeria (GPS: 28 00 N, 3 00 E) located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,381,741 sq km; land: 2,381,741 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 5,700 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Algeria: Largest country in Africa but 80% desert. Canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and the barren Tassili n’Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art-rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) – that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago when the region completely vegetated.

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Libya Google Maps

Libya

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Libya (LY). Explore satellite imagery of Tripoli, the capital city of Libya, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Libya (GPS: 25 00 N, 17 00 E) located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,759,540 sq km; land: 1,759,540 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is about 2.5 times the size of Texas, slightly larger than Alaska. The total irrigated land is 4,700 sq km (2012).

One of Libya’s important features: More than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert. The volcano Waw an Namus lies in south-central Libya in the middle of the Sahara. The caldera is an oasis – the name means “oasis of mosquitoes” – containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various insects and a broad diversity of birds.

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Mali Google Maps

Mali

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Mali (ML). Explore satellite imagery of Bamako, the capital city of Mali, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Mali (GPS: 17 00 N, 4 00 W) located in interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,240,192 sq km; land: 1,220,190 sq km, water: 20,002 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 3,780 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Mali: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese. The central, semiarid Sahelian. And the northern, arid Saharan.

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Mauritania Google Maps

Mauritania

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Mauritania (MR). Explore satellite imagery of Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Mauritania (GPS: 20 00 N, 12 00 W) located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,030,700 sq km; land: 1,030,700 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 450 sq km (2012).

Mauritania’s essential features: Mauritania is considered both a part of North Africa’s Maghreb region and West Africa’s Sahel region. Most of the population is concentrated in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country.

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Morocco Google Maps

Morocco

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Morocco (MA). Explore satellite imagery of Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Morocco (GPS: 32 00 N, 5 00 W) is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara. The country’s area measurements are total: 446,550 sq km; land: 446,300 sq km, water: 250 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than three times the size of New York, slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 14,850 sq km (2012).

One of the critical features of Morocco: Strategic location along the Strait of Gibraltar. The only African nation to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines.

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Niger Google Maps

Niger

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Niger (NE). Explore satellite imagery of Niamey, the capital city of Niger, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Niger (GPS: 16 00 N, 8 00 E) located in Western Africa, southeast of Algeria. The country’s area measurements are total: 1.267 million sq km; land: 1,266,700 sq km, water: 300 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 1,000 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Niger: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). One of the hottest countries in the world. Northern four-fifths is desert; southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture.

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Tunisia Google Maps

Tunisia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Tunisia (TN). Explore satellite imagery of Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Tunisia (GPS: 34 00 N, 9 00 E) located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya. The country’s area measurements are total: 163,610 sq km; land: 155,360 sq km, water: 8,250 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Georgia. The total irrigated land is 4,590 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Tunisia: Strategic location in the central Mediterranean. Malta and Tunisia discuss the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration.

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