Geography of The Arab League - Regions

Regions

Geographical terrains in the Arab League can be divided into three, the Huge Arid Desert covering most of it, the fertile South and North and finally the High Mountains of Atlas, Ahaggar, Zagros and Lebanon, along with the Hijaz Mountain range.

The AL can also be divided into two main geographical regions, the Asian part, which has 12 states and the Africa part which is the larger part and has 10 states. neighboring the League are 14 land neighbors and 4 sea neighbors. Senegal, Mali, Niger, Chad, Central Africa, DR. Congo, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Israel, Turkey and Iran are all land neighbors. while Spain, Malta, Italy, Cyprus and Madagascar are all Sea neighbors.

Culturally the Arab States can be divided into 5 regions.

  • The Maghreb, which includes Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
  • The Mashriq, which includes Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan
  • The Nile Valley, which includes the Fertile lands of Egypt and Sudan.
  • The Persian Gulf, which includes the oil rich states of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq.
  • The Bab-el-Mandeb, which includes Yemen, Somalia, Djibouti, and Comoros.

Based on the UN regional Geographical divisions of the world, the Arab League Members are divided in three regions.

  • West Asia
    • Bahrain
    • Iraq
    • Jordan
    • Kuwait
    • Lebanon
    • Oman
    • Palestine
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
    • UAE
    • Yemen
  • Northern Africa
    • Algeria
    • Egypt
    • Libya
    • Morocco
    • Sudan
    • Tunisia
  • Western Africa
    • Mauritania
  • Eastern Africa
    • Comoros
    • Djibouti
    • Somalia
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