Africa is HUGE!

During the early Mesozoic Era, Africa was attached to all the other continents to form one gigantic
continental landmass called Pangea.
(Pangea later broke apart to form the worlds continents as we know them today.)

Despite Africa being the second-largest continent in the world, it has the shortest coastline.
(This is due to the many bays and edges that extend out of the coastline )

Africa is the most centrally located continent in the world.

(Both the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), and the equator (0 degrees latitude) cut across it.)

All of Africa was colonized by foreign powers during the scramble for Africa, except Ethiopia and
Liberia.
There are 54 countries and one non-self governing territory, the Western Sahara, in Africa.

Map of Africa

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Algeria is the largest African country and the tenth-largest country in the world.
(This country measures 919,595 square miles (2,381,741 square kilometers).

The 115-island country of Seychelles, located in the Indian Ocean, is the smallest African country.
(This country measures 176 square miles (455 square kilometers).

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest point in Africa.

It is 19,336 feet (5,894 meters) high.
The lowest point is Lake Asal in Djibouti
it is 502 feet (153 meters) below sea level.

Egypt is home to the world's first great civilization.

Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country.

Approximately ninety percent of Algeria is desert.

The Libyan desert is one of the most arid places in the world. This desert covers most of Libya.

The largest island in Africa, located in the Indian Ocean (off Africas East Coast) is Madagascar.
It is also the fourth largest island in the world.
Sudan was once the largest country in Africa (measured by total area), however when it split into Sudan
and South Sudan in 2011 it became the third largest country in Africa. Algeria and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo are now larger.
Tunisia is the northern most country on the African continent.
The African country Western Sahara has a very small population and is mostly desert flatlands.

South Africa has become the African continents richest economy due to the abundance of mineral
deposits found there. Along with such minerals as gold and platinum, diamonds are also mined there.

There are more than 100 million Facebook users in Africa.

Egypt is Africas most popular tourist destination. The country receives over 10 million visitors every
year. Cairo, Egypts capital city.
beautiful-mosques-beautiful-place (Biggest City in the Africa )

Before colonial rule Africa comprised up to 10,000 different states and autonomous groups with distinct
languages and customs.
Africa is the second most populous continent with about 1.1 billion people or 16% of the worlds
population.

Over 50% of Africans are under the age of 25.

Almost 40% of adults in Africa are illiterate

The continents population will more than double to 2.3 billion people by 2050.
LIST OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY REGION

North Africa Countries List West Africa Countries List

Algeria Benin
Egypt Burkina Faso
Libya Cape Verde
Morocco Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
South Sudan Gambia
Sudan Ghana
Tunisia Guinea
Western Sahara Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
East Africa Countries List Mali
Burundi Mauritania
Comoros Niger
Djibouti Nigeria
Eritrea Saint Helena
Ethiopia Senegal
Kenya Sierra Leone
Madagascar Togo
Malawi
Mauritius Central Africa Countries List
Mayotte Angola
Mozambique Cameroon
Reunion Central African Republic
Rwanda Chad
Seychelles Congo
Somalia Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tanzania Equatorial Guinea
Uganda Gabon
Zambia Sao Tome and Principe
Zimbabwe
South Africa Countries List
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland