Africa....My Pride.

Africa is the most interesting and diverse continent on the earth. It is the home of an incredible variety of people, animals, climates, and spectacular places. It is a country known for its beautiful colorful clothing and its history of incredible works of art.
Africa is where human beings first appeared on earth and the home of the world's first great civilization, Egypt, which dates back to 3300 BC.

Interesting Africa Facts.

The African continent has the second largest population in the world, at about one billion people.
Well over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of Africa. Some estimates put this number closer to two thousand.
The largest religion in Africa is Islam, followed by Christianity.
The African population is approximately 14.72% of the world's population (as of 2009).
The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old.
The longest river in the world, the Nile (4,132 miles), is located in Africa.
Africa has the world's largest desert, the Sahara, which is almost the size of the United States.
Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa; it is 355 feet high and one mile wide.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the continent. It towers over 19,300 feet, which is so tall that glaciers can be found at its summit even though the mountain is near the equator.
Madagascar is the largest island in Africa and the fourth largest island in the world. It is in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of Africa.
Africa is the second largest continent on earth, approximately 11.7 million square miles.
Africa straddles the equator and is the only continent to extend from the northern temperate zone to the southern temperate zone.
Africa is the hottest continent on earth.
Sudan is Africa's largest country (968,000 square miles).
Africa covers 6 percent of the earth's total surface and 20.4 percent of the total land area.
Cairo is the continents largest city.
Long before humans were around (the early Mesozoic Era) Africa was joined to the other continents in a massive continent called Pangaea. Over millions of years this huge continent broke apart shaping the world landscape as we know it today.
The worlds largest land animal is the African elephant.
The worlds tallest animal, the giraffe, lives in Africa.
The fastest land animal in the world, the cheetah, lives in Africa.
Africa is home to the worlds largest reptile, the Nile crocodile.
The gorilla, which can be found in the continents jungles, is the worlds largest primate.
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.
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.
The country of Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world.
In the 1950s African countries began to gain their independence from control by the Major European powers.
In 1951 Libya gained independence from Italy; in 1956 both Tunisia and Morocco broke away from France; followed by Ghana in 1957. This became possible due to the weakened state of the major European powers after World War 2.
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.
For decades a horrible civil war raged in Sudan which, in 2011, resulted in South Sudan gaining its independence. Approximately two and a half million people lost their lives during this conflict.


LIST OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY REGION.
List of North Africa Countries.
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
South Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia

List of East Africa Countries.
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

List of West Africa Countries.
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

List of Central Africa Countries.
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe

List of South Africa Countries.
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland