<Tr> <Th> Largest cities </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Cairo </Li> <Li> Tehran </Li> <Li> Istanbul </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Cairo </Li> <Li> Tehran </Li> <Li> Istanbul </Li> </Ul> <P> The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa). Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest . The corresponding adjective is Middle Eastern and the derived noun is Middle Easterner . The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century . </P> <P> Arabs, Turks, Persians, Kurds, and Azeris (excluding Azerbaijan) constitute the largest ethnic groups in the region by population . Arabs constitute the largest ethnic group in the region by a clear margin . Indigenous minorities of the Middle East include Jews, Baloch, Assyrians, Arameans, Berbers (who primarily live in North Africa), Copts, Druze, Lurs, Mandaeans, Samaritans, Shabaks, Tats, and Zazas . In the Middle East, there is also a Romani community . European ethnic groups that form a diaspora in the region include Albanians, Bosniaks, Circassians (including Kabardians), Crimean Tatars, Greeks, Franco - Levantines, and Italo - Levantines . Among other migrant populations are Bengalis as well as other Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, Indonesians, Pakistanis, Afghans, and Sub-Saharan Africans . </P>

Is egypt part of the middle east or africa
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