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West Africa, broadly defined to include the western portion of the Maghreb (Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), occupies an area in excess of 6,140,000 km 2, or approximately one-fifth of Africa. The vast majority of this land is plains lying less than 300 meters above sea level, though isolated high points exist in numerous states ...
This map shows governmental boundaries, countries and their capitals in West Africa. Countries of West Africa: Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, Cape Verde, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.
Explore the West African region with our interactive Map of West Africa, featuring countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. Discover the diverse geography, rich history, and cultural heritage of this vibrant area.
Map of the 16 countries of West Africa. West Africa includes 16 countries and one dependency. Nigeria is the most populous country in both West African and Africa as a whole. Cabo Verde is West Africa's least populous country. About 411 million people live in West Africa.
western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Political Map of West Africa. View of Makoko, a neighbourhood of Nigeria's capital Lagos, a megalopolis and the most populous urban agglomeration on the African continent, 'home' to 22 million people. Image: Oritsetsemaye Jemide.
West Africa is the most densely populated area of Africa. It is in many ways both the continent's most difficult place for travel and potentially its most rewarding. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map.
West-central Africa may be considered as an eastern extension of western Africa: in the north are the savannas of Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan, stretching to the Nile River, and in the south is the largely forested area of the Congo River basin.
Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan ...