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  2. Google Street View in Africa - Wikipedia

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    On September 1, 2009, Google announced that it started collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View. [9] Google is currently driving around South Africa in Toyota Priuses, taking photographs of locations in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London.

  3. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer ... 45° imagery was made available in Google Maps in select cities in South Africa, the United States, Germany and ...

  4. Africa - Wikipedia

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    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. [ 9 ] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.

  5. 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. Its highest mountain is Kilimanjaro; its ...

  6. Route removed from Google Maps after tourists shot driving ...

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    Google Maps has removed a route from its navigation system after a number of tourists came into danger while travelling towards one of South Africa’s most violent regions.. The technology giant ...

  7. Cape Verde - Wikipedia

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    Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -⁠, Portuguese: [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square ...

  8. Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Tanzania, [b] officially the United Republic of Tanzania, [c] is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.

  9. Uganda - Wikipedia

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    Relief map of Uganda. Uganda is located in southeast Africa between 1º S and 4º N latitude, and between 30º E and 35º E longitude. Its geography is very diverse, consisting of volcanic hills, mountains, and lakes. The country sits at an average of 900 meters above sea level. Both the eastern and western borders of Uganda have mountains.