africa, northern

Preferred Label : africa, northern;

MeSH definition : The geographical area of Africa comprising ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYA; MOROCCO; and TUNISIA. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the Sahara. It is often referred to as North Africa, French-speaking Africa, or the Maghreb. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p856); The geographical area of Africa comprising ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYA; MOROCCO and TUNISIA. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the Sahara. It is often referred to as North Africa or the Maghreb.;

MeSH synonym : maghrib; north africa; northern africa; maghreb;

CISMeF synonym : africa, french-speaking; french speaking africa; french-speaking africa;

MeSH hyponym : sahara;

MeSH annotation : a geographic area; prefer specific countries; titles often refer to the Maghreb or Maghrib, the Arabic name for Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia & sometimes Libya collectively: check text for possible specificity, otherwise index under AFRICA, NORTHERN;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North Africa;

Details

Origin ID

D000352;

UMLS CUI

C0001745;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- French speaking Africa [UNESCO concept]
- Maghreb [UNESCO concept]
- North Africa [UNESCO concept]
- Sahara [UNESCO concept]
Record concept(s)
- africa, northern [MeSH concept]
- sahara [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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