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  2. Africa - Wikipedia

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    Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...

  3. Geography of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Africa. Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth 's surface. [1] Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 (11,725,385 sq mi), excluding adjacent islands.

  4. Cartography of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The earliest cartographic depictions of Africa are found in early world maps . In classical antiquity, Africa (also Libya) was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps . The only part of Africa well known in antiquity was the coast of North Africa ...

  5. History of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the states, people, and material cultures of the African continent, but missing the Kintampo civilisation in West Africa, c.1800 BC Contemporary political map of Africa (Includes Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa) Obelisk at temple of Luxor, Egypt.

  6. List of regions of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The group comprises Angola (which offers substantial oil resources), Botswana, Comoros, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Zambia (substantial supply of copper) and Zimbabwe. South Africa. Like Nigeria, South Africa is a large African economy on a standalone basis.

  7. Sahel - Wikipedia

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    Tropical savanna climates (Aw), Hot Semi-arid (BSh), Hot Desert (BWh) The Sahel region ( / səˈhɛl /; from Arabic ساحل (sāḥil [ˈsaːħil]) 'coast, shore') or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north.

  8. Outline of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Outline of Africa. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa: Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. It is famous for its savanna, its jungles, and the Sahara (desert).

  9. Sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa [3] is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa.

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