North Africa
Countries	Sovereign states (8)  Algeria  Egypt  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia  Mauritania  Sudan  South Sudan Other territories (3)  Portugal   •  Madeira  Spain   •  Canary Islands   •  Ceuta   •  Melilla   •  Plazas de soberanía  Italy   •  Lampedusa and Lampione Partially recognized states (1) Sahrawi Republic
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North Africa is the Northern part of Africa. It is usually made up of these countries:

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Libya
• Morocco
• Tunisia
• Western Sahara
• Mauritania
• Sudan
• South Sudan

Most of north Africa is desert, which means it is very dry and does not rain very much. The predominant ethnic groups are Arabs, Berbers and Moors (mixed Africans and Arabs). The biggest religion is Islam, meaning that most of the people are Muslims.

North Africa (Northern Africa)