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Algeria Google Maps

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Algeria

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Algeria (DZ). Explore satellite imagery of Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Algeria (GPS: 28 00 N, 3 00 E) located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,381,741 sq km; land: 2,381,741 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 5,700 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Algeria: Largest country in Africa but 80% desert. Canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and the barren Tassili n’Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art-rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) – that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago when the region completely vegetated.

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Burkina Faso Google Maps

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Burkina Faso

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Burkina Faso (BF). Explore satellite imagery of Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Burkina Faso (GPS: 13 00 N, 2 00 W) located in Western Africa, north of Ghana. The country’s area measurements are total: 274,200 sq km; land: 273,800 sq km, water: 400 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Colorado. The total irrigated land is 550 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Burkina Faso: Landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas.

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Cote d’Ivoire Google Maps

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Cote d’Ivoire

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Cote d’Ivoire (CI). Explore satellite imagery of Yamoussoukro, the capital city of Cote d’Ivoire, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Cote d’Ivoire (GPS: 8 00 N, 5 00 W) located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia. The country’s area measurements are total: 322,463 sq km; land: 318,003 sq km, water: 4,460 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 730 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Cote d’Ivoire: Most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region. Apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated.

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Guinea Google Maps

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Guinea

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Guinea (GN). Explore satellite imagery of Conakry, the capital city of Guinea, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Guinea (GPS: 11 00 N, 10 00 W) located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. The country’s area measurements are total: 245,857 sq km; land: 245,717 sq km, water: 140 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Oregon. The total irrigated land is 950 sq km (2012).

One of Guinea’s essential features: The Niger and its important tributary, the Milo River, have their sources in the Guinean highlands.

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Mali Google Maps

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Mali

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Mali (ML). Explore satellite imagery of Bamako, the capital city of Mali, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Mali (GPS: 17 00 N, 4 00 W) located in interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,240,192 sq km; land: 1,220,190 sq km, water: 20,002 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 3,780 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Mali: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese. The central, semiarid Sahelian. And the northern, arid Saharan.

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Mauritania Google Maps

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Mauritania

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Mauritania (MR). Explore satellite imagery of Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Mauritania (GPS: 20 00 N, 12 00 W) located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,030,700 sq km; land: 1,030,700 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 450 sq km (2012).

Mauritania’s essential features: Mauritania is considered both a part of North Africa’s Maghreb region and West Africa’s Sahel region. Most of the population is concentrated in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country.

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Niger Google Maps

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Niger

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Niger (NE). Explore satellite imagery of Niamey, the capital city of Niger, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Niger (GPS: 16 00 N, 8 00 E) located in Western Africa, southeast of Algeria. The country’s area measurements are total: 1.267 million sq km; land: 1,266,700 sq km, water: 300 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 1,000 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Niger: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). One of the hottest countries in the world. Northern four-fifths is desert; southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture.

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Senegal Google Maps

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Senegal

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Senegal (SN). Explore satellite imagery of Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Senegal (GPS: 14 00 N, 14 00 W) located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania. The country’s area measurements are total: 196,722 sq km; land: 192,530 sq km, water: 4,192 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than South Dakota. The total irrigated land is 1,200 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Senegal: Westernmost country on the African continent. The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal.

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