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Bucharest
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Bandar
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Gulf of
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West Bank
Y
Kirkuk
P
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30
Suez
Canal Gaza Strip
S
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Tel AvivYafo
Port
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Alexandria
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40
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AZERBAIJAN
Yerevan
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TURKEY
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Tbilisi
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Caspian
Sea
GEORGIA
Bat'umi
S
40
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KAZAKHSTAN
Gora Elbrus
(highest point in
Europe, 5833 m)
Groznyy
MO
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US
60
Aral
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RUSSIA
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Sofia
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40
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0
(lowest point
in Africa, -155 m)
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Boundary representation is
not necessarily authoritative.
Bab el
DJIBOUTI Mandeb
Djibouti
Socotra
Gulf of Aden
(YEMEN)
Boosaaso
Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied Syria.
EY
Dirē
Dawa
Hargeysa
ETHIOPIA
40
10
West Bank is Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement; permanent status to be
determined through further negotiation.
SOMALIA
The status of the Gaza Strip is a final status issue to be resolved
through negotiations.
FT
300 Miles
30
Aden
Berbera
LL
300 Kilometers
Arabian Sea
Al Mukallā
VA
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection,
standard parallels 12°N and 38°N
YEMEN
Ta‘izz
Scale 1:21,000,000
0
Sanaa
Lac Assal
Lake
Tana
10
Al Ghayḑah
Al Ḩudaydah
Blue
ile
e N
Whit
Wad
Medani
ERITREA Massawa
Asmara
Provisional
administrative line
50
Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like
nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
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