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عرض الرسائل ذات التصنيف .Country in West Africa.

Senegal

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Senegal Senegal / country south of the Senegal River in West Africa. It gained its name from the river that borders it to the east and north and which originates from Futagon in Guinea Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is located on the western edge of the country on the Cape Verde peninsula. About 300 miles off the Atlantic coast, along the Cape Verde Islands. During the colonial era, he placed many trade offices, belonging to the various colonial empires, along the coast. St. Louis became the capital of French West Africa before its transfer to Dakar in 1902. Dakar later became the capital of Senegal in 1960 after independence from France The Senegalese landscape consists mainly of stepped sandy plains in the west coast, which rise to the foothills in the southeast. Here, too, I found the highest point in Senegal, otherwise an unnamed feature was 2.7 km southeast of Nippen-Diaga at 648 m (2,126 ft). The northern border consists of the Senegal Ri...

Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso Burkina Faso / A country in West Africa, surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It is located in the Sahara countries in Africa Its land is a plateau of igneous and metamorphic rocks, covered by sedimentary rocks, and spread over some of the peaks and refractive mountains, and the highest peaks are Mount Ratnakwero (747 meters), and its lands gather many river valleys, and most of it is drained to the Volta River such as the White Volta, the Red Volta and the Black Volta, and the swamps spread in the regions As low as the swamp (Juruma), the home of the harmful tsetse fly Burkina Faso is a vast plateau far from the coast. Its height ranges from 200 to 700 meters above sea level. Forest grassland covers most of the country, there are swamps in the southeast, and hills covered by forests in the west. Several rivers and valleys ...

Togo

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Togo Togo / is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east, and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where the capital of Lome is located. Togo covers 57,000 square kilometers, making it one of the smallest countries in Africa, with a population of about 7.5 million people Togo is a tropical country, sub-Saharan, highly dependent on agriculture, with a climate that provides good growing seasons. The official language is French, with many other languages ​​that occur in Togo, especially those from the GHB family. The largest religious community in Togo is made up of indigenous beliefs, and there are large Christian and Muslim minorities. Togo is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the South Atlantic Region for Peace and Cooperation, the Francophone Community and the Economic Community of West African States Togo has an area of ​​56,585 square...

Niger

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Niger Niger / is a landlocked country located in West Africa and named Niger after the Niger River that cuts through its territory. It is bordered by Nigeria and Benin, to the west by Burkina Faso and Mali, and to the north by Algeria and Libya, while Chad is bordered to the east Niger is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. The Sahara covers about 80% of the country's total area, while the rest of the parts are threatened by other climate problems such as drought and desertification. The country's economy depends almost entirely on the export of some agricultural products, whose production is concentrated in the fertile southern part of the country, in addition to the export of some raw materials, the most important of which is uranium ore. Despite this, Niger remains unable to advance itself economically and socially due to its position as a landlocked country, in addition to its lack of appropriate infrastructure and the deterioratio...

Nigeria

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Nigeria Nigeria / The official name of the country is the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is a country in West Africa and the largest country in Africa in terms of population. The state's resources include crude oil and cassava. The Nigerian currency is the Naira. The country has borders with Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south Nigeria is often referred to as the "African giant", because of its economy and large population. With nearly 174 million people, Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. More than 500 ethnic groups live in this country, and the largest ethnic groups are Hausa, Yoruba, and Ibo With regard to religion, Nigeria is divided almost equally between Christians, most of whom live in the southern and central parts of the country, and Muslims, and most of them are concentrated in the north and southwester...

Liberia

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Liberia Liberia / is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to the west, Guinea to the north, and Côte d'Ivoire to the east. The Liberian coastline consists mostly of coastal Ike forests, while the densely populated interior consists of forests that open onto a plateau of drier meadows. The country owns 40% of the remaining upper Guinea rainforest The country began the modernization process in the 1940s following an investment by the United States during World War II as well as the liberalization of the economy under President William Tubman. Liberia was a founding member of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. A military coup ousted the Liberian American Foundation in 1980, which marked the beginning of an era of political and economic instability and two successive civil wars that left nearly 250,000 dead and destroyed the country's economy. A peace agreement in 2003 led to democratic elections in 2005. Liberia today is...

The Gambia

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The Gambia The Gambia / is the smallest country on the mainland of Africa and bounded to the north, east and south of Senegal, and penetrated by the Gambia River that flows into the Atlantic Ocean that borders the country from the west Gambia, a small country bordered by the banks of the Gambia River. The largest point in the country does not exceed 48 km, and the total area of ​​the country is 11,300 km2. 1,300 km 2 of the country’s area covered with water. All the borders of the country consisting of 740 km share with Senegal, except the western border with a length of 80 km from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Gambia is the smallest country in the continent of Africa All existing borders were defined after the agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and France in 1889. France gave 320 km of the Gambia River to set a border. Border laying began in 1891, and the delineation process took about 15 years The territory of the Gambia extends...

Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone Sierra Leone / is a small country in western Africa, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Guinea to the north and Liberia to the southeast Sierra Leone has an area of ​​about 71,740 km2, and its land consists of a coastal plain that is full of swamps and coastal ochs, and the forests have been cut and drained of swamps to be replaced by rice cultivation The climate in Sierra Leone is tropical and wet, tending to the semi-tropical style. Its temperature rises in the dry season, and abundant rain falls in two consecutive seasons between rain and drought. Tropical forests grow over a wide area in the south of the country and are covered with savannahs in the north The Republic of Sierra Leone is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the continent of Africa, bordered to the north by Guinea, and bordered by Liberia on the southeastern side. That is, the lion, so that its overall meaning is the top of the lion. In ...

Cote d'Ivoire

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Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast / Cote d'Ivoire is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the east, Guinea and Liberia to the west, Mali and Burkina Faso to the north, and from the south overlooks the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Its political capital is Yamoussoukro, while its largest city and economic center is the city of Abidjan in the south near the coast, and one of its most important cities is Bouake and Jagnoa Its political capital is Yamoussoukro, while its largest city and economic center is the city of Abidjan in the south near the coast, and one of its most important cities is Bouake and Jagnoa. The official language is French. Its name goes back to the fact that African merchants were collecting the tusks of elephants and offering them for sale in piles on their coasts, so I took their name from the ivory trade Ivory Coast is a member of the African Union with a total area of ​​322,462 km, with a population estimated ...