Arewacin Afirka

Arewacin Afirka
Wuri
30°26′27″N 9°40′54″E / 30.440742°N 9.681714°E / 30.440742; 9.681714
Yawan mutane
Faɗi	263,618,739 (2023)
Labarin ƙasa
Bangare na	Afirka da Middle East and North Africa (en)
Sun raba iyaka da	Afirka ta Tsakiya Bahar Rum Red Sea Gabashin Afirka Afirka ta Yamma Tekun Atalanta

Arewacin Afirka,ko Arewacin Afirka، yanki ne wanda ya ƙunshi yankin arewacin nahiyar Afirka. Babu wani yanki da aka yarda da shi ga yankin, kuma wani lokacin ana bayyana shi kamar yadda ya shimfiɗa daga gabar tekun Atlantika na Mauritania a yamma, zuwa, Suez Canal na Masar a gabas.^[1]

Ma'anar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya game da iyakokin yankin sun haɗa da Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Masar, Sudan, da Yammacin Sahara, yankin da ake jayayya tsakanin Morocco da Jamhuriyar Sahrawi mai ikirarin kanta. Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta bayyana yankin kamar haka, kawai ya bambanta da Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya ta hanyar cire Sudan. Sahel, kudancin hamadar Sahara, ana iya la'akari da shi a matsayin iyakar kudancin Arewacin Afirka. Arewacin Afirka ya haɗa da biranen Spain na Ceuta da Melilla, da kuma plazas de soberanía . Hakanan ana iya la'akari da shi don haɗawa da Malta, da sauran yankunan Burtaniya, Mutanen Espanya, Portuguese da Italiyanci kamar Gibraltar, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Lampedusa, da Lampione waɗanda duk suna kusa ko kusa da nahiyar Afirka fiye da Turai.

Berbers sun zauna a Arewa maso Yammacin Afirka tun farkon tarihin da aka rubuta, yayin da gabashin Arewacin Afirka ya kasance gida ga Masarawa. A cikin ƙarni na bakwai da na takwas, Larabawa daga yankin Larabawa sun mamaye yankin a lokacin nasarar musulmai na farko. Wadannan mutane sun kafa jama'a guda ɗaya a yankuna da yawa, kamar yadda yawancin amma ba duk Berbers da Masarawa suka haɗu da sannu a hankali cikin al'adun Larabci da Musulmi. Wadannan matakai na Arabization da Islama sun bayyana yanayin al'adu na Arewacin Afirka tun daga lokacin.

Kasashen Arewacin Afirka suna da yawa daga cikin asalin su, kabilanci, al'adu da harshe da tasiri tare da Yammacin Asiya, tsari wanda ya fara da juyin juya halin Neolithic a kusa da 10,000 BC da kuma kafin Daular Masar Tasirin Musulunci a Arewacin Afirka yana da mahimmanci, tare da yankin ya zama babban ɓangare na duniyar musulmi. Arewacin, Afirka tana da alaƙa da Yammacin Asiya a cikin mulkin siyasa don samar da yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya-North Africa.^[2]

1. ↑ Division, United Nations Statistics. "UNSD — Methodology". United Nations Statistics Division. Archived from the original on Jan 16, 2023.
2. ↑ Mattar, shekarar Philip (1 June 2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 9780028657691