Mediterranean basin countries

Mediterranean basin countries

The countries of the Mediterranean basin are distributed in:

Asia

There are many countries of the Mediterranean basin in the continent of Asia, represented by:

• Syria: Syria is one of the countries in the Middle East located on the Mediterranean Sea, and it is bordered from north to west by the countries of Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and occupied Palestine. In the world, with an area of ​​185,180 square kilometers, and a population, according to 2012 statistics, of 22,530,746 people.
• Cyprus: The island of Cyprus is located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, at a distance of 97 km from Syria, and 64 km from Turkey. Its area is 9,250 square kilometers, and therefore it is the third largest island in the Mediterranean basin, with a population of 1,088,503 people, according to 2010 statistics. .
• Palestine: Palestine is located on the eastern coast of the White Sea, west of Jordan, and south of Lebanon. It was declared an official state in Algeria on 15/11/1988 AD. Its population is 4550368. Islam is considered one of the religions that Palestine profess, along with Christianity. Druze, Judaism.
• Lebanon: This country extends on the coastal strip of the Mediterranean Sea with a length of 225 km, and is located in the west of the Middle East. It occupies great importance because of its global location, which made it linked to commercial relations between the countries of East Asia and the White Sea. As for its population, it amounts to more than 6 million people. It shares its borders with both Syria and Palestine.

Africa

Many North African countries are located in the Mediterranean basin, and they are:

• Republic of Algeria: Algeria extends along the coastal strip of the White Sea with a length of 650 miles between the states of Morocco and Tunisia, and the Atlas Mountains extend along the Algerian coast, separating the Mediterranean Sea from the southern desert of the country. 3,4 million.
• Libya and Morocco: The northern coastal strip of Libya extends over the Mediterranean Sea with a length of 1100 miles. While the Libyan coast in the west consists of lakes, sandy beaches, and coastal oases, the eastern coastal strip consists mainly of sandy beaches compared to the number of coastal oases. Libya is also considered A country with a low population, however, it contains a large wealth of oil reserves. As for the state of Morocco, its coast is located on the Mediterranean Sea at the western tip of the coast of North Africa, and it is distinguished by the presence of the Strait of Gibraltar, which forms a link between the Atlantic Ocean and the White Sea.
• The Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Tunisia: The Egyptian coastline begins on the White Sea from the Sinai Peninsula, and extends to the borders of Libya in the east. Egypt extends its coast on the White Sea, starting from Libya, all the way to the Algerian-Tunisian border in the west, and the city of Izmir is considered one of the largest coastal cities in Tunisia.

Europe

Many countries of the Mediterranean basin are located on the continent of Europe, and they are:

• Italy: Italy arose as a country in 1720 AD, and it has a very large area, as it covers 294,140 square kilometers of the total land area in Europe, and therefore it ranked seventy-second among the largest countries in the world. The population of Italy is 301,340, according to 61,261,254 statistics.
• Gibraltar and Spain: Gibraltar is located on the western border of the European Mediterranean coast, while the Spanish coast is one of the longest coasts, as its extension begins at the Gibraltar-Spain border, all the way to the borders of France and Spain in the west, and Barcelona is the largest Spanish city overlooking the sea coast the White.

Among the other Mediterranean countries on the continent of Europe are the following:

• Slovenia.
• Monaco.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Greece.
• Croatia.
• Albania.
• the black Mountain.
• France.