pm#North_Africa
supertype: region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
part of: Mediterranean_region Africa (pm)
part: Morocco__Kingdom_of_Morocco__Maroc__Marruecos__Al-Magrib a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1956
part: Casablanca a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
part: El_Aaium a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast
part: Fez__Fes a city in north central Morocco; religious center
part: Marrakesh__Marrakech a city in western Morocco; tourist center
part: Rabat__capital_of_Morocco the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast
part: Tangier__Tangiers a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar; "the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841"
part: Western_Sahara__Spanish_Sahara an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992
part: Jebel_Musa__Abila__Abyla a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
part: Tunisia__Republic_of_Tunisia a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert"
part: battle_of_Zama__Zama the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War
part: Tunis__capital_of_Tunisia the capital and principal port of Tunisia
part: Sfax__Safaqis the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region
part: Algeria__Democratic_and_Popular_Republic_of_Algeria__Algerie a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
part: Algiers__Algerian_capital an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
part: Oran a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
part: Egypt__Arab_Republic_of_Egypt__United_Arab_Republic a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
part: Aswan_High_Dam__Aswan_Dam__High_Dam one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
part: Sinai_Peninsula__Sinai a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
part: Sinai_Desert__Sinai a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
part: Mount_Sinai__Sinai a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
part: El_Iskandriyah__Alexandria the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
part: Aswan__Assuan__Assouan an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; site of the Aswan High Dam
part: Cairo__El_Qahira__Egyptian_capital__capital_of_Egypt the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile Delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
part: El_Alamein a village west of Alexandria on the north coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
part: Giza__El_Giza an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
part: Memphis.Egypt__memphi an ancient city of Egypt (S of Cairo)
part: Luxor a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile; site of the Temple of Luxor
part: Saqqara__Saqqarah__Sakkara a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids (the Step Pyramid)
part: Suez a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
part: Suez_Canal a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
part: Lake_Nasser__Nasser lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
part: Nile_River__Nile world's longest river (4187 miles); flows northern through Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
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