Africa

Africa is the land of Afri, an ancient people of North Africa. This landmass is one of the five great divisions of the globe forming the second largest continent, three times larger than Europe. It has an area of 30.1 million sq km or 11.62 million sq mile. Seven-tenths of it is within the torrid zone. It is a southward projection of the old world landmass surrounded by sea except where the Isthmus of Suez joins it to Asia. The continent is divided roughly in half by the equator.

Total population of the continent was over 1.1 billion in 2013. The continent is more or less inhabited by dark-skinned races.

It was long a terra incognita, but in the 19th and 20th century, it was explored in all directions, and attempts were everywhere made to bring it within the circuit of civilisation. It was being parcelled out by European nations, chiefly Britain, France, and Germany, and with more zeal and appliance of resource by Britain than any other.

Africa is divided into five sub-regions - Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Northern Africa, Middle Africa, and Southern Africa.

Countries in Africa

1. Algeria 2. Angola 3. Benin 4. Botswana 5. Burkina Faso 6. Burundi 7. Cameroon 8. Cape Verde
9. Central African Republic 10. Chad 11. Comoros 12. Republic of Congo 13. Democratic Republic of Congo 14. Djibouti 15. Egypt 16. Equatorial Guinea 17. Eritrea 18. Ethiopia 19. Gabon 20. Gambia 21. Ghana 22. Guinea 23. Guinea-Bissau 24. Ivory Coast 25. Kenya 26. Lesotho 27. Liberia 28. Libya 29. Madagascar 30. Malawi 31. Mali 32. Mauritania 33. Mauritius 34. Morocco 35. Mozambique 36. Namibia 37. Niger 38. Nigeria 39. Rwanda 40. Sao Tome-Princip 41. Senegal 42. Seychelles 43. Sierra Leone 44. Somalia 45. South Africa 46. Sudan 47. Swaziland 48. Tanzania 49. Togo 50. Tunisia 51. Uganda 52. Zambia 53. Zimbabwe

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