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LOCATION OF NORTH AFRICA

- Relative location: Kingdom of Morocco is located in northwestern Africa with coasts on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; it is bordered by Algeria to the east and Mauritania to the south.
 * //Morocco//**- Absolute location:32º N 5º W[[image:morocco_locator.gif align="left"]]

//**Algeria**//- Absolute location: 28º N, 3º E - Relative location: The Mediterrannean Sea forms its northern border with Morocco to the west and Tunisia and Libya to the east. Mauritania, Mali, and Niger are to the south. Much of Algeria is covered by the Sahara Desert.

//**Libya**//- Absolute location: 25º N and 17º E - Relative location: Libya consists mostly huge areas of desert. Libya shares borders with Tunisia and Algeria in the west, and Egypt in the east.

//**Egypt**//- Absolute location: 27º N 30º E - Relative location: Egypt is located in north-eastern Africa, and borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Israel and the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west.

//**Tunisia**//- Absolute location: 34 00 N, 9 00 E - Relative loaction: Tunisia is located in the North African coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Algeria and Libya and south of Italy.

//**Western Sahara**//- Absolute location: 24 30 N, 13 00 W - Relative location: Western Sahara is bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco.

//**Northeastern portion of Suda**//**n**- Absolute location: 15 00 N, 30 00 E - Relative location: Sudan borders the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea

LOCATION OF SOUTH WEST ASIA (MIDDLE EAST)

//**Turkey**//- Absolute location: 39 00 N, 35 00 E - Relative location: Turkey is located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria.

//**Cyprus**//- Absolute location: 35 00 N, 33 00 E - Relative location: Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey

//**Iran**//- Absolute location: 32 00 N, 53 00 E - Relative location: Iran is at the Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan

//**Afghanistan**//: -Absolute location: 33 00 N, 65 00 E - Relative location:Afghanistan is at Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran

//**Saudi Arabia**//: -Absolute location: 25 00 N, 45 00 E - Relative location:Saudi Arabia is at the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen

//**Yemen**//- Absolute location: 15 00 N, 48 00 E - Relative location: Yemen is at Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.

//**Oman**//- Absolute location: 21 00 N, 57 00 E - Relative location: Oman is located in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf.

//**United Arab Emirates**//- Absolute location: 24 00 N, 54 00 E - Relative location:U.A.E is at the Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.

//**Qatar**//- Absolute location: Qatar is at the Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. - Relative location: 25 30 N, 51 15 E

//**Bahrain**//- Absolute location: 26 00 N, 50 33 E - Relative location: Bahrain is located in the Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia.

//**Kuwait**//- Absolute location: 29 30 N, 45 45 E - Relative location: Kuwait is at the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

//**Iraq**//- Absolute location: 33 00 N, 44 00 E - Relative location: Iraq is situated on the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait.

//**Syria**//- Absolute location: 35 00 N, 38 00 E - Relative location: Syria is at the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey.

//**Jordan**//- Absolute location: 31 00 N, 36 00 E - Relative location: Jordan is located in the Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia.

//**Israel**//- Absolute location: 31 30 N, 34 45 E - Relative location: Israel is at the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon.

*all the images from www.cia.gov

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