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English: Political map of the countries of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.

These three regions are interconnected by close economic, geopolitical, historical, and socio-cultural ties.

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Cyprus and Turkey are geographically wholly or mostly located in the West Asian region, but politically, historically and culturally they are European states, on the basis of which they are classified as Europe. The same applies to Russia, most of whose territories geographically also lie in Asia (Northern).

Egypt is also a transcontinental country, since part of its territory (the Sinai Peninsula) is geographically part of Asia (Western), but the country is assigned to the North African region, for the most part where it lies.