MENA region

Map of the countries usually included in the MENA region

The acronym MENA is used by Western financial and economic experts for " M iddle E ast & N orth A frica" ​​( Middle East and North Africa ). The term refers to the region from Morocco to Iran .

There is still no fixed definition of the MENA region , but Turkey is usually not included. The term MENAT region is increasingly used for the MENA region, including Turkey .

According to the most common definition, the MENA region has around 380 million inhabitants, which corresponds to around six percent of the world's population.

List of countries

The following states and areas (dark blue on the map) are usually assigned to the region:

Egypt  Algeria  Bahrain  Iraq  Iran

Israel  Yemen  Jordan  Qatar  Kuwait

Lebanon  Libya  Morocco  Oman  Palestine

Saudi Arabia  Syria  Tunisia  United Arab Emirates

In a broader sense, the following countries and areas (light blue) are also included in some cases:

Armenia  Azerbaijan  Djibouti

Malta  Mauritania  Western Sahara

Somalia  Sudan  Turkey

Cyprus

See also

• Arab world
• Greater Middle East

Web links

• MENA (Middle East / North Africa) on www.ihk-nuernberg.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MENA Region countries. worldbank.org, accessed August 28, 2011. (English)
2. ↑ About MENA. rencap.com, accessed August 28, 2011. (English)
3. ^ Countries by region - Middle East and North Africa. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), accessed December 20, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Internet source - portal for solar energy https://www.solarbranche.de/news/nachrichten/artikel-31291-phoenix-solar-und-meteocontrol-kooperieren-in-menat-region