North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes seven countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and often Mauritania and Western Sahara are the Maghreb or Maghrib, while Egypt and Sudan are referred to as the Nile Valley. Egypt is a transcontinental country by virtue of the Sinai Peninsula, which is in Asia.

Points of Interest

 * Egypt: Egypt is a country in Northern Africa. It is a largely Arabic nation with a provisional government. It's capital city is Cairo. A large majority of films dealing with the country focus on Ancient Egypt, which is known for its power-hungry Pharaohs, its wily Queens, it big-ass pyramids, and of course... its mummies. You can't swing a worshiper of Bastet in Ancient Egypt without hitting a friggin' mummy at some point. Then of course there's all those crazy Egyptian Gods, like Ra, Horus, Osiris, Isis, Hathor, Set and many more.


 * Morocco: Morocco is a country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa on the continent of Africa. It's northwestern coastline faces the Atlantic Ocean while also being bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Algeria to the southeast as well as Mauritania and the Western Sahara desert to the south. The capital of Morocco is Rabat. Major cities include Marrakesh, Tangier and Casablanca.


 * Sudan: The is a country in Northern Africa. It is often referred to as just The Sudan, or North Sudan, since South Sudan became an independent nation. It is bordered to the north by Libya, and Egypt, and to the northwest by Libya and Chad. It is bordered to the south by South Sudan and Ethiopa and to the east by the Red Sea.