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Sahara
Desert on the African continent
For other uses, see Sahara (disambiguation).
| Sahara | |
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The Sahara taken by Apollo 17 astronauts, 1972 | |
Geographical map of the Sahara | |
| Length | 4,800 km (3,000 mi) |
| Width | 1,800 km (1,100 mi) |
| Area | 9,200,000 km2 (3,600,000 sq mi) |
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| Countries | |
| Coordinates | 23°N13°E / 23°N 13°E / 23; 13 |
The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa.
With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.[1][2][3]
The name "Sahara" is derived from Arabic: صَحَارَى, romanized: ṣaḥārā/sˤaħaːraː/, a broken plural form of ṣaḥrā' (صَحْرَاء/sˤaħraːʔ/), meaning "desert".&