1. North Africa takes in roughly 10 countries, depending on where you draw its borders.
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4. North Africa is crossed from north to south by the prime meridian, which passes a short distance to the east of Accra, Ghana.
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9. North Africa held an important place in the emperor Justinian's scheme for reuniting the Roman Empire and destroying the Germanic kingdoms.
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11. North Africa is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the east and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
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13. North Africa is composed of two basic regions: the Maghreb and the Nile Valley.
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15. Today, the largest ethnic groups in North Africa are Arabs, Berbers and West Africans.
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16. North Africa has three main geographic features: the Sahara desert in the south, the Atlas Mountains in the west, and the Nile River and delta in the east.
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