Sahara
Other than the vast expanses of ice desert in the Antarctic and Arctic, the Sahara, encompassing most of northern Africa, is the world's largest desert.
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Latitude of center
22.25° or 22° 15′ north
Longitude of center
9.8° or 9° 48′ east
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sahara” goes by many names.
SaharaAfrikaans
SaharaAlbanian
Shkretëtira e SaharasëAlbanian
ሰሃራ በረሃAmharic
ሰሐራ በረሓAmharic
सहाराAngika
الصحراء الكبرىArabic
Disierto d’o SaharaAragonese
ՍահարաArmenian
Սահարա անապատArmenian
চাহাৰাAssamese
চাহাৰা মৰুভূমিAssamese
Desiertu d’El SáḥaraAsturian
El SáḥaraAsturian
СахӀараAvaric
सहारा मरुभूमीAwadhi
SaharaAzerbaijani
SaxaraAzerbaijani
Gurun SaharaBalinese
СахараBashkir
Сахара сүллегеBashkir
SaharaBasque
SaharaBavarian
Пустыня СахараBelarusian
СахараBelarusian
সাহারা মরুভূমিBengali
Gurun SaharaBetawi
SaharaBetawi
सहाराBhojpuri
Draeples blong SaharaBislama
SaharaBosnian
SaharaBreton
СахараBulgarian
ဆဟာရ သဲကန္တာရBurmese
SàharaCatalan
SäharaʼCebuano
SaharaCentral Bikol
SaharaCentral Kanuri
بیابانی گەورەCentral Kurdish
بیابانی مەزنCentral Kurdish
سەحاراCentral Kurdish
سەحرای گەورەCentral Kurdish
سەھاراCentral Kurdish
СахараChechen
СаьхьараChechen
ᏌᎭᏩCherokee
撒哈拉沙漠Chinese
СахараChuvash
SaharaCornish
SaharaCorsican
Büyük SahraCrimean Tatar
SaharaCroatian
SaharaCzech
AmaadaDagbani
SaharaDanish
SehraDimli (individual language)
Panliɛ̈tdïtDinka
सहारा मरुभूमीDotyali
SaharaDutch
СахараEastern Mari
الصحرا الكبرىEgyptian Arabic
SaharoEsperanto
SaharaEstonian
SáharaExtremaduran
SaharaFaroese
SaharaFiji Hindi
SaharaFinnish
Desert dal SaharaFriulian
Deserto do SáharaGalician
撒哈拉Gan Chinese
საჰარაGeorgian
ΣαχάραGreek
SaáraGuarani
SaharaGuianese Creole French
SaharaGun
SaharaHakka Chinese
Sat-hâ-làHakka Chinese
SaharaHausa
סהרהHebrew
צחרהHebrew
सहाराHindi
सहारा मरुस्थलHindi
SzaharaHungarian
SaharaIcelandic
SaharaIdo
Ọzara SaharaIgbo
SaharaIgbo
SaharaIloko
Gurun SaharaIndonesian
SaharaIndonesian
СахьареIngush
SaharaInterlingua
SaharaInterlingue
An SaháraIrish
Africa saharianaItalian
aṣ-ṢaḥrāʾItalian
aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-KubrāItalian
Deserto del SaharaItalian
SaharaItalian
TassiliItalian
Sa’aaraJamaican Creole English
サハラ砂漠Japanese
Ara-ara SaharaJavanese
SaharaJavanese
A̱kkwot nkyei SaharaJju
СахараKabardian
СэхарэKabardian
Sahara KañɩnbʊsaɣKabiyè
Aneẓruf AmeqranKabyle
ಸಹಾರKannada
SaxaraKara-Kalpak
Saxara sho’listanlıg’ıKara-Kalpak
СахараKarachay-Balkar
SaharaKashubian
СахараKazakh
Ubutayu bwa saharaKinyarwanda
Сакар чөлүKirghiz
Gurun SaharaKomering
사하라 사막Korean
SaharaKurdish
SaharaLadin
Desyerto del SaharaLadino
СахараLak
SaharaLatin
SahāraLatvian
СахараLezghian
SaharaLimburgan
SaharaLingua Franca Nova
撒哈拉沙漠Literary Chinese
SacharaLithuanian
sa’aras.zei kutytu’aLojban
SaharaLombard
SaharaLow German
SaharaLower Sorbian
SaharaLuxembourgish
СахараMacedonian
सहारा मरुभूमिMagahi
सहारा मरुभूमीMaithili
SaharaMalagasy
al-SaharaMalay
Gurun BesarMalay
Gurun SaharaMalay
SaharaMalay
Sahara BesarMalay
സഹാറMalayalam
SaħaraMaltese
सहाराMarathi
آفريخا گت سحراMazanderani
آفريقا گت صحراMazanderani
SaharaMin Dong Chinese
SaharaMin Nan Chinese
Gurun SaharaMinangkabau
საჰარაMingrelian
Сахарын цөлMongolian
الصحرا لكبيرةMoroccan Arabic
Deserte d’u SaharaNeapolitan
सहारा मरुभूमीNepali
सहाराNewari
SaharaNigerian Pidgin
SaharaNorthern Frisian
Sahara sáttoáhpiNorthern Sami
SaharaNorwegian
SaharaNorwegian Bokmål
SaharaNorwegian Nynorsk
Èwê SayaraObolo
SayaraObolo
SaharaOccitan (post 1500)
ܨܚܪܐܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Deadwylle SandOld English (ca. 450-1100)
СахарæOssetian
SahárâPampanga
ਸਹਾਰਾ ਮਾਰੂਥਲPanjabi
SaharaPapiamento
صحرای بزرگ آفریقاPersian
SaaraPicard
SaharaPiemontese
SaharaPitcairn-Norfolk
SaharaPolish
د افریقا صحراPushto
SaharaQuechua
SaharaRomanian
СахараRussia Buriat
СахараRussian
СагараRusyn
Sa-hala likelikenanSakizaya
SacharaSamogitian
सहाराSanskrit
ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟSantali
ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨᱟSantali
ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨᱟ ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱞ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟSantali
ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨᱟ ᱦᱟᱦᱟᱝᱠᱟᱨSantali
SaharaSardinian
SaharaSaterfriesisch
SaharaScots
Fàsach SaharaScottish Gaelic
СахараSerbian
SaharaSerbo-Croatian
SaharaShona
SaharaSicilian
SaharaSilesian
صحارا ريگستانSindhi
සහරා කාන්තාරයSinhala
SaharaSlovak
SaharaSlovenian
Gabxaha SaxaraSomali
SaxaaraSomali
بؤیوک صحراSouth Azerbaijani
SaharaSwahili
SaharaSwedish
SaharaSwiss German
SaharaTagalog
SëharâTagalog
Саҳрои бузургTajik
சகாராTamil
СахраTatar
సహారా ఎడారిTelugu
ซาฮาราThai
ทะเลทรายสะฮาราThai
ས་ཧ་ར་བྱེ་ཐང་ཆེན་པོ།Tibetan
SaharaTok Pisin
Büyük SahraTurkish
SahraTurkish
SaharaTurkmen
aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-KubrāTyap
Sa̱haraTyap
Tswa a̱ji̱jak Sa̱haraTyap
СахараUdmurt
سەھرايى كەبىرUighur
СахараUkrainian
SaharaUpper Sorbian
صحرائے اعظمUrdu
Sahroi KabirUzbek
SaharaVenetian
Saharan rahvahatoi maVeps
Sa mạc SaharaVietnamese
SaharänVolapük
SaharaVõro
SaraWalloon
Disyerto SaharaWaray (Philippines)
SaharaWaray (Philippines)
SaharaWelsh
ՍահարաWestern Armenian
Սահարա ԱնապատWestern Armenian
SaharaWestern Frisian
СахараWestern Mari
صحاراWestern Panjabi
صحراۓ اعظمWestern Panjabi
SaaraWolof
撒哈拉沙漠Wu Chinese
СаhаараYakut
סאהאראYiddish
SàháràYoruba
撒哈拉Yue Chinese
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