What countries are in the Middle East and North Africa?
MENA countries consist of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
What is the Middle East and North Africa called?
MENA
MENA is an English-language acronym referring to the Middle East and North Africa. It is alternatively called the WANA (West Asia and North Africa).
Is the Middle East and North Africa the same?
MENA stands for the Middle East and Northern Africa, referring to the countries between Iran in the East and Tunisia and Morocco in the West.
Is North Africa included in the Middle East?
Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond.
Is India Middle East country?
The Middle East is a loose term, not always used to describe the same territory. It usually includes the Arab countries from Egypt east to the Persian Gulf, plus Israel and Iran. Sometimes the Middle East includes North Africa as well. Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh are usually described as South Asia.
Where is Middle East and North Africa?
The Middle East and North Africa is a fluid transcontinental region comprising about 20 countries ranging from Morocco in the West, Iran in the East, Turkey in the North, and Yemen in the South.
What is the smallest country in Africa?
Seychelles
Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with the Gambia being the smallest in continental Africa.
Is Egypt in the Middle East or Africa?
Although Egypt sits in the north of the African continent it is considered by many to be a Middle Eastern country, partly because the main spoken language there is Egyptian Arabic, the main religion is Islam and it is a member of the Arab League.