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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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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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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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