Northwest Africa

Northwest Africa is the northwestern part of Africa. The term Northwest Africa is commonly used in various disciplines : geo-politics, archaeology, anthropology and genetics. It is preferred over the utilisation of Maghreb possibly because of the perceived Arabocentrism of the term.

The countries and territories in Northwest Africa include:

" Barbary", "Maghreb" and " Tamazgha" are more or less synonymous with Northwest Africa.

Regions of the World
Africa:	Central Africa \| East Africa \| Great Lakes \| Guinea \| Horn of Africa \| North Africa \| Maghreb \| Northwest Africa \| Sahel \| Southern Africa \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| Sudan \| West Africa
Americas:	Andean states \| Caribbean \| Central America \| Great Lakes \| Great Plains \| Guianas \| Latin America \| North America \| Northern America \| Pacific Northwest \| Patagonia \| South America \| Southern Cone
Eurasia:	Anatolia \| Arabia \| Asia \| Balkans \| Baltic region \| Benelux \| British Isles \| Caucasus \| Central Asia \| Central Europe \| East Asia \| Eastern Europe \| East Indies \| Europe \| Far East \| Kurdistan \| Levant \| Mediterranean \| Mesopotamia \| Middle East \| Near East \| North Asia \| Northern Europe \| Scandinavia \| South Asia \| Southeast Asia \| Southern Europe \| Southwest Asia \| Western Europe
Oceania:	Australasia \| Melanesia \| Micronesia \| Polynesia \| Pacific Rim
Polar:	Arctic \| Antarctic

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