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West Africa (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 14 32 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 14.5330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 19 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.3160 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region comprising the westernmost area of the African continent, defined by the United Nations as including Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. |
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| West Africa (preferred,C,O,English-P)
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| Western Africa (C,V)
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| West African (general) (C,V,English,U,A)
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| Western African (C,V,English,U,A)
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| אפריקה המערבית (C,U,Hebrew )
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| África Occidental (C,U,Spanish)
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| Africa occidentale (C,U,Italian)
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| África Ocidental (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Afrique de l'Ouest (C,U,French)
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| Westafrika (C,U,German)
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| غرب أفريقيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| 西アフリカ (C,U,Japanese)
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| Західна Африка (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Западная Африка (C,U,Russian)
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