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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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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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Morocco Google Maps

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Morocco

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

Morocco (GPS: 32 00 N, 5 00 W) is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara. The country’s area measurements are total: 446,550 sq km; land: 446,300 sq km, water: 250 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than three times the size of New York, slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 14,850 sq km (2012).

One of the critical features of Morocco: Strategic location along the Strait of Gibraltar. The only African nation to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines.

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