Wikitravel won the 2007 Webby Award for best Travel site!
West Africa
From Wikitravel Shared
Contents
West Africa is the western region of Africa. In the north the region is bounded by the Sahel, and in the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean.
[edit] Countries
It is generally considered to consist of the following countries:
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Gambia
- Togo
Sometimes Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad are also considered as West African states.
[edit] Cities
[edit] Other destinations
[edit] Understand
[edit] Talk
Mostly due to the colonial past of the continent, common languages spoken in the region are French, English and Portuguese,
[edit] Get in
[edit] Get around
[edit] See
[edit] Itineraries
[edit] Do
[edit] Eat
[edit] Drink
[edit] Stay safe
[edit] Get out
| This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow! |
