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**POPULATION OF NORTH AFRICA BY POPULATION**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa

**POPULATION OF MIDDLE EAST BY POPULATION **



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid#Middle_East_and_North_Africa

Also called "age pyramid", a population pyramid is a pyramid illustrating the distribution of different age groups in a population with a horizontal bars representing the number of males on the left and number of females on the right. And if we take a loot at the example pyramids given above, they look very alike. As those, most MENA (Middle East North Africa) nations have similar characteristics in terms of their population. They all are 'expansive' type of pyramid with a broad bast; indicating a high proportion of children, a rapid rate of population growth, and a low proportion of elders. This means that the nations have bright future.
 * What is population pyramid? **

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AFRICA/ MIDDLE EAST


 *  Climate **
 * There is very little rain in this area with most of the region being desert; sun stroke and heat exhaustion are very common.


 * Along the coastal regions, there are high humidity.


 * In the north of the desert, there are extremes of temperature and rain in winter and spring.


 * Along the Mediterranean coast, the summers are long and hot, and the winters are mild and wet.


 * The area often reaches over 50 degrees centigrade on a normal hot afternoon; the climate is hot during the months of March to October.


 * The area experiences cold seasons on the months of November to February, where frequent rain occurs.


 * There is no snow, rare rainfall, and more sunny warm weather.


 * Landforms **

Atlas Mountains Elburz Mountains Taurus Mountain Zagros Mountain Hindu Kush Moutains Asir Mountains
 * -Mountains-**

Sahara Desert
 * -Deserts-**

Nile River,
 * -Rivers-**

Euphrates River,

Tigris River (river next to the euphrates)

Strait of Gilbratar,
 * -Straits-**

Strait of Hormuz

Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Dead Sea
 * -Seas-**

 Persian Gulf,
 * -Gulfs-**

Gulf of Oman,

Gulf of Aden

Sinai Peninsula, Plateau of Iran, Lake Nasser, Suez Canal
 * -Etc-**


 * <span style="background-color: #008000; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">VEGETATION **



<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Plants of North Africa and Middle East:
 * // Aethionema // || // Pennisetum // ||  ||
 * // Anacyclus // || // Perovskia // ||  ||
 * // Clerodendrum // || // Pyrethropsis // ||  ||
 * // Convolvulus // || // Ruta // ||  ||
 * // Dolichos // || // Sideritis // ||  ||
 * // Eryngium // || // Tanacetum // ||  ||
 * // Impatiens // || // Thunbergia // ||  ||
 * // Omphalodes // || // Thymus // ||  ||
 * // Origanum // || // Verbascum // ||  ||
 * // Parrotia // ||

<span style="background-color: #008000; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">THE MAN MADE STRUCTURES OF MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">1. The Lion of Babylon

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> 2. Rhyton in the Shape of a Seated Lion-Monster, from Hamadan, Iran

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">3. Water Jug Presented to CharleMagne by Harun Al-Rashid (Cloisonne Enamel)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">4. Lion Representing Ishtar, from Babylon (Enamelled Bricks)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">5. Burj Al Arab, the best hotel in the world



<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ed2c2c; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #800000; color: #ed2c2c; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">ECONOMY OF MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

(Percent change from a year earlier, unless otherwise specified)** ||
 * **Middle East** **and** North Africa **- Annual Economic Indicators
 * || **2004** || **2005** || **2006** || **2007** || **2008** ||
 * **Real GDP** || 6.1 || 5.6 || 5.6 || 5.5 || 5.3 ||
 * **Nominal Per-Capita GDP (US Dollars)** || 3,067 || 3,599 || 4,091 || 4,442 || 4,695 ||
 * **Industrial Production** || 6.0 || 4.5 || 2.4 || 2.9 || 6.0 ||
 * **Merchandise Exports (Bill. US Dollars)** || 488 || 656 || 804 || 838 || 892 ||
 * **Merchandise Imports (Bill. US Dollars)** || 338 || 408 || 466 || 505 || 542 ||
 * **Merchandise Exports (% of World GDP)** || 42.2 || 47.3 || 50.0 || 47.1 || 46.5 ||
 * **Consumer Price Index** || 4.5 || 5.3 || 6.2 || 4.5 || 3.5 ||
 * **Wholesale Price Index** || 6.0 || 6.6 || 4.0 || 3.5 || 3.4 ||
 * **Money Supply, M1, Year-end** || 16.9 || 16.3 || 13.2 || 12.3 || 9.5 ||
 * **Broad Money Supply, Year-end** || 13.4 || 16.5 || 15.0 || 14.2 || 11.2 ||
 * **Policy Interest Rate (%)** || 7.2 || 7.4 || 7.0 || 6.8 || 6.9 ||
 * **Short-Term Interest Rate (%)** || 3.9 || 4.8 || 5.7 || 5.7 || 5.7 ||
 * **Long-** **Term Interest Rate (%)** || 9.1 || 9.2 || 9.4 || 9.2 || 8.7 ||
 * **Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)** || 1.7 || 6.7 || 5.8 || 3.9 || 3.7 ||
 * **Source: global insight** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Source: global insight** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Middle East and North African nations are mostly known for their oil reserve; most of the nations rely heavily on oil industry. Some most flourishing nations among Middle East and North African nations are Saudi Arabia, and Iran with highest GDP, and Qatar, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates with highest income per capita. And some interesting facts are that the average growth rate of oil-exporting MENA countries was 6.3% in 2005 while oil-importing MENA countries had 4.1% average growth. However, oil is not MENA's the only money-making industry. As for United Arab Emirates, their tourism industry flourishes, with their well-known hotel called Burj Al Arab. As such, each nation of North Africa and Middle east has distinct characteristics in terms of industries.

<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #c23838; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">POLITICS
 * Here are the countries of Middle East and North Africa with different politics.**

** MIDDLE EAST **

 * Politics of //**Bahrain**// takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, with an executive appointed by the king.
 * The government of //**Egypt**// consists of a semi-presidential republic whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of a system dominated by the National Democratic Party.
 * The politics of //**Iran**// takes place in framework of a republic with an Islamic ideology.
 * The politics of **//Iraq//** takes place in a framework of a more or less federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Iraq is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
 * Politics of **//Israel//** takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
 * Politics of **//Jordan//** takes place in a framework of a parliamentary monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Jordan is head of government, and of a multi-party system.
 * **//Kuwait//** is run by prime minister.
 * Politics of **//Qatar//** takes place in a framework of an absolute monarchy.
 * The politics of **//Saudi Arabia//** takes place in a framework of a particular form of absolute monarchy.
 * **//Lebanon//** is a parliamentary democracy within the overall framework of Confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities.
 * Politics of **//Oman//** takes place in a framework of an absolute monarchy.
 * Politics of //**Syria**// takes place in a framework of a parliamentary republic.
 * Politics of **//Turkey//** takes place in a framework of a strictly secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
 * Politics of the **//United Arab Emirates//** takes place in a framework of a federal, presidential, elected monarchy.
 * Politics of **//Yemen//** takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where the President of Yemen is the head of state, while the Prime Minister of Yemen (who is appointed by the President) is the head of government.

<span style="background-color: #b59826; color: #edda68; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="background-color: #b59826; color: #edda68; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">NORTH AFRICA


 * Algeria**, **Egypt**, and **Tunisia** are all republican democracies, meaning they are governed by elected legislative bodies.


 * Morocco** is a constitutional monarchy


 * Libya** is a socialist democracy in which people govern themselves through local political councils. However, though these councils do exist and function, in reality the nation is governed by a military dictatorship which hasn’t changed since 1969 when Cornel Muammar Quadhafi took power in a military coup.

<span style="background-color: #61d165; color: #0da50d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">LANGUAGESOF THE REGION AKKADIAN, ARABIC, ARMENIAN, ASSYRIAN, AVESTA, BERBER, COPTIC, HEBREW, IRANIAN LANGUAGES, JUDEO-ARABIC, JUDEO-PERSIAN, KURISH, LADINO, MALTESE, PERSIAN, SYRIAC, TURKISH.

<span style="background-color: #3d2040; color: #7841ec; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">RELIGIONS

//**Judaism**// Judaism Judaism is the cornerstone of modern monotheistic religion. The Jewish faith began thousands of years ago and has survived the Millennia. Withstanding slavery, exile, diaspora and the Holocaust, the followers of this faith have rebuilt themselves over and over again, culminating in the creation of the first Jewish State, Israel.

//**The Bahá'í**// The religion of Bahá'í is considered to be one of the youngest religion in the world. The religion started in the 19th century. And Bahá'í followed the teachings of Mirza Ali Muhammad. The major belief of Bahá'u'lláh's is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society.

Christianity in The Middle East is the home of Christianity, and three earliest form of christianity initiated in Middle East/ North Africa. Out of many sects of Christianity, Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, The Syrian Orthodox Church and the Maronite Catholic Church of Lebanon is the most dominant sects surviving in the region.
 * Chirstianity**

The Druze was founded in the early 11th century; the belief of Druze is based largely on the concept of Hamzah ibn Ali ibn Ahmad, a minister of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim. The Druze was created as one similar religion as Shi'a; the Druze believe that, through Hakim, God made a final appeal to humanity to redeem themselves before He returned to rule. The Druze are found primarily in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan.
 * Druze**

Islam comes fron an Arabic root word meaning "peace" and "submission"; Islam teaches that one can only find peace in one's life by submitting to Almighty God (Allah) in heart, soul and deed. They have various ways to devote to their God, such as Ramadan, not eating food for a day to realize how poor people are feeling.
 * Islam**

Zoroastrianism Arguably one of the oldest of monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism is based on the concept of the Prophet Zarathushtra. Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion of the Persian Empires, and the Avesta, but now with the influence of other religions like Christianity or Islam, it is not as dominant as it had been in the Middle East/ North Africa. Ahura Mazda is one God of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism is still practiced today, mainly in parts of Iran and India, but has followers around the world.
 * Zoroastrianism**

-- <span style="background-color: #a581c5; color: #3d2040; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">BIBLIOGRAPHY

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