Understand the Middle East through Map

In our map analysis series here we are presenting you the analysis of Middle East region.

What is Middle East:

Middle East is a geographical region, countries encompassing these regions are part of middle east countries.

Middle East contains following continent in it

1. Asia (Arabian Peninsula)
2. North Africa
3. Europe

Countries in Middle east region:

In Arabian Peninsula:

• Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria

In North Africa:

• Lybia, Egypt, Sudan

In Europe

• Turkey

What the Middle East is NOT

• Middle east is not Arabic world, it includes region of many language, culture and religions. It includes Israel, Kurds (Not Arabic speaking region).
• The majority of Muslims do not live in the Middle East. More Muslims live in South Asia than in the Middle East and North Africa combined.
• The country with the world’ss largest Muslim population is Indonesia, which is in South Asia, not the Middle East.

Important physical features of Middle East Region:

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