Northwest Africa or Northwestern Africa is a variably defined region of North Africa. The term incorporates cardinal directions, and is used in various disciplines: geopolitics, archaeology, anthropology, meteoritics and genetics.
The countries and territories in Northwestern Africa include:
The terms Maghreb, Barbary and Tamazgha, and in historical contexts Libya, are more or less synonymous with Northwestern Africa.
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