Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 14, 2005

Picture of the day

The Sahara, in northern Africa, is the world's second largest desert (second to Antarctica). Its name is an English pronunciation of the Arabic word for desert (صحراء  ^{pronunciation}). 2.5 million people live in the Sahara, most of these in Mauritania, Morocco and Algeria. The largest city is Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital.

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