North Africa

North Africa is the Northern part of Africa. It is usually made up of these countries:

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

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