West Africa
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title:
West Africa
text:
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The population of West Africa is estimated at 419 million people as of 2021, and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 were female and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Westernmost region of the African continent
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa
date created:
2002-08-03T20:28:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T09:46:15Z
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