Sahara Desert Countries

The Sahara Desert touches 10 countries. How many can you name?

Generally, countries north of the Sahel

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First submitted	July 11, 2012
Times taken	161,479
Average score	90.0%
Rating	4.98

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Algeria

Chad

Egypt

Libya

Mali

Country

Mauritania

Morocco

Niger

Sudan

Tunisia

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110 Recent Comments

Level 44

Aug 20, 2012

Got 'em all with 2:29 to spare. :-)

Level 34

Dec 11, 2014

2:34! And I guessed!

Level 41

Dec 24, 2016

2:36 c:

Level 66

Dec 26, 2016

Same

Level 77

Feb 28, 2017

2:37

Level 32

Apr 26, 2017

2:42 :)

Level 71

Jun 6, 2018

2:52 :)

Level 37

Sep 15, 2019

2:27 :c

Level 37

Sep 15, 2019

2:46 :)

Level 42

Nov 15, 2023

2:48 lol

Level 63

Dec 1, 2019

2:39 first try

Level 40

Dec 2, 2019

2:38 ;)

Level 34

Jul 13, 2020

same as yours

Level 18

Sep 3, 2025

same but im better so i did it faster

Level 61

Dec 24, 2016

3:94!

Level 48

Dec 24, 2016

Wow!

Level 32

Dec 5, 2017

4:60 HA

Level 53

Jul 5, 2023

Also, sixty seconds in a minute

Level 72

Jun 23, 2024

..........

Level 71

Jun 6, 2018

5 flat huehuehuehuehuehue

Level 53

Jul 5, 2023

How can you get 3:94, there are sixty seconds in a minute?!

Level 55

Nov 15, 2023

Because it's a joke.

Level 67

Dec 24, 2016

Willy wavers

Level 37

May 18, 2022

1:59 . .

Level 41

Jan 19, 2026

did it in 17 seconds :)

Level 53

Aug 21, 2012

missed Mauritania

Level 34

Sep 24, 2012

I can never spell that!

Level 76

Sep 23, 2015

It's Muritania, exactly like you say it, but you add a useless 'a' after the M ;)

Level 36

Apr 11, 2020

Mauri-tania

+12

Level 82

May 28, 2021

'Muritania' would be pronounced differently from 'Mauritania'

Level 58

Aug 21, 2012

What about the new South Sudan?

+16

Level 94

Oct 29, 2012

What about it? Take a look at a satellite image of the area, one of the contributing factors to the division of old Sudan was the cultural/ethnic division between the Saharan north and the more lush (and in some places downright swampy) south.

Level 33

Feb 11, 2026

I almost said something before realizing this is from 2012

Level 49

Apr 14, 2026

I feel like an archaeologist right now

Level 15

Aug 26, 2012

9/10

I somehow missed Sudan :(

Level 29

Aug 28, 2012

Nice quiz!

Level 48

Jan 21, 2014

100% with 2:43 left.

Level 66

Mar 27, 2014

Easy, 2:36 left

Level 47

Sep 26, 2014

How can Western Sahara not be a Saharan country?

+10

Level 72

Oct 18, 2014

It's not recognised as a country in its own right.

+16

Level 29

Dec 11, 2014

It should be.. Freedom for the Sahrawis!!

Level 55

Dec 11, 2014

It is the south of Morocco ...

Level 18

Dec 1, 2019

Try telling the people living there that.

Level 73

Dec 30, 2021

I mean, they’d still say Morocco. Most of “Western Saharan” land is occupied by Morocco. Or maybe I’m based.

Level 15

Dec 30, 2021

Based.

Level 83

Dec 11, 2014

Apparently the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco is recognized by JetPunk, i.e. that WS is not a sovereign country.

Level 33

Sep 23, 2015

JetPunk pretty much recognizes all occupations. Off the top of my head, the only "controversial" countries recognized here are Kosovo and Taiwan... and the old name for Myanmar, of course. ;-)

Level 60

Dec 24, 2016

Burma is no longer recognized on this site; it's officially Myanmar now.

Level 76

Dec 1, 2019

Every quiz accepts Burma, it is just displayed as Myanmar

Level 41

Jan 19, 2026

They didn't add Palestine, which is UN recognised

Level 57

Jan 21, 2026

I stumbled on a comment thread where quizmaster explained it ages ago. IIRC it was partially to do with how wikipedia chooses to classify things, and partly to do with how territory is actually controlled, not just who claims it: eg. morocco and israel (mostly) control the lands of western sahara and palestine, so they don't count, but Kosovo and Taiwan do control their land, even if less countries recognise their sovereignty on the world stage. Don't ask me how Southern Ossetia and the other one fit in with this lol

Level 76

Dec 11, 2014

This was really easy. Sixty seconds would make it more of a challenge for people. After I finished the quiz I saw the hint at the top of the page, i.e., "Generally countries north of the Sahel". The SAHEL? If you understand the hint, you couldn't possibly need it. I had to look it up.

Level 56

Dec 20, 2022

I think it was meant more as a definition for the quiz not so much as a hint!

Level 63

Nov 15, 2023

Yeah, if it wasn't there, imagine the nitpicking!

Level 38

Dec 11, 2014

10/10 with a minute in hand, took me a while to think of Niger,

Level 45

Dec 12, 2017

took me a while to think of tunisia, i thought that there was grass in far northern africa

Level 72

Feb 10, 2023

There is. Tunisia gets real arid in its southern regions though.

Level 21

Dec 12, 2014

2:37 left

Level 43

Aug 27, 2015

10/10

Level 58

Jan 16, 2016

Missed Mali and Niger

Level 70

Feb 11, 2016

Got them all with 2:41 to spare.

Level 71

Feb 16, 2016

Just 2:43 left on the timer, too easy :D

Level 43

May 29, 2016

What about the Burkina Faso ?

Level 63

Aug 10, 2021

What about it?

Level 41

Jan 19, 2026

Ouagadougou lol

Level 42

Jan 25, 2026

only touch the Sahel. Different from the sahara

Level 71

Jul 20, 2016

Finished with 2:39 left, easy 5 points to get me to level 37.

Level 20

Aug 6, 2016

i guessed all;1:45 left typing with my non dominant foot and im 2

Level 40

Oct 5, 2016

I agree was a bit too easy

Level 55

Dec 24, 2016

Please accept Western Sahara for Morocco

Level 63

Aug 10, 2021

Western Sahara is (on JetPunk) a part of Morocco. The reverse is not true. It's like accepting Texas for USA.

Level 40

Dec 30, 2024

With all due respect to this nonetheless great website, the author is not obliged to follow the weird choices of Jetpunk.

Level 39

Dec 24, 2016

10/10, Easy!

Level 80

Dec 24, 2016

Got all except Niger

Level 58

Dec 24, 2016

10/10 with 2:48 to spare :)

+11

Level 56

Dec 24, 2016

It may be seen as easy by many, but did you still have to use your brains a little - if so, that's great. And for those getting 7, 8 or 9 right, or those making spelling errors, they learnt something - and that's even greater. So stop moaning & gloating, and enjoy the fact that both geographers and others got something out of it. P.S. Merry Christmas to all JetPunkers.

Level 30

Dec 26, 2016

with 9 seconds to spare I finally remembered about Algeria.

Level 58

Dec 27, 2016

Possibly Eritrea?

Level 41

Jan 19, 2026

Too far east

Level 32

Jan 12, 2017

easy

Level 70

Feb 28, 2017

Try some of my quizzes, you may not find them so easy. Click on Malbaby.

Level 75

Jun 3, 2017

Eritrea too.

Level 32

Dec 5, 2017

Do I live here?

Level 71

Jun 6, 2018

2:53

Level 81

May 18, 2019

Took me way too long to remember Egypt... thankfully the penny dropped eventually before the timer ran out!

Level 66

Dec 1, 2019

Eritrea and Nigeria

Level 66

Jun 6, 2020

too easy. Got them with 2:27 left

Level 54

May 25, 2021

not even a little bit of Senegal ?

Level 46

Jun 29, 2021

I can't believe I forgot Libya.

Level 52

Dec 17, 2021

Burkina Faso has parts of the sahara desert

Level 42

Dec 17, 2021

Eritrea should be included, the NW corner is squarely in the Sahara. Parts of Burkina Faso and Nigeria may be within the Sahara as well, as both touch the Sahara on my map.

Level 79

Dec 30, 2021

That's what I was thinking

Level 88

Dec 30, 2021

At least the title of the quiz isn't redundant. However, the directions within the quiz are (Sahara desert).

Level 79

Dec 30, 2021

27 seconds, expected to see Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Nigeria, and Senegal

Level 55

May 1, 2022

I just started typing the northernmost african countries in, then the countries south of those. It was not too difficult, I'm afraid.

Level 36

Sep 27, 2022

i forgot sudan:(

Level 85

Oct 1, 2022

I forgot Egypt? Sheesh.

Level 54

Nov 8, 2022

I thought Eritrea and senegal would be on here

Level 72

Jul 5, 2023

Guys, check out my “Countries Across the Sahara Desert” quiz!

Level 79

Nov 15, 2023

It's literally the exact same quiz as this one.

Level 21

Nov 15, 2023

did it in 43 seconds

Level 60

Nov 17, 2023

I couldn't think of the last one, but Sudan-ly it came to me.

Level 15

Nov 17, 2023

has 2 minutes, 44 seconds as remaining time 😎

Level 53

Jan 10, 2025

Only took me 23 seconds

Level 45

Apr 9, 2025

only took me 14 sec first try

Level 32

May 2, 2025

yeah this was way too easy

Level 32

May 2, 2025

1:23 seconds

Level 18

Sep 3, 2025

Algeria

Chad

Egypt

Libya

Mali

Country

Mauritania

Morocco

Niger

Sudan

Tunisia

Level 48

Sep 10, 2025

what about senegal? (also i got it in 0:50 this is pretty easy)

Level 60

Oct 27, 2025

According to Google Maps, the Northern part of Senegal is part of the Sahara Desert.

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