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Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa , which is also the second largest in the continent.
Mercator's original map is truncated at 80°N and 66°S with the result that European countries were moved toward the centre of the map. The aspect ratio of his map is 198 / 120 = 1.65. Even more extreme truncations have been used: a Finnish school atlas was truncated at approximately 76°N and 56°S, an aspect ratio of 1.97.
Lambert azimutal equal-area projection, WGS84 datum, standard meridian: 15°E, standard parallel: 0° Scale: 1:15,000,000 (accuracy: 3,75 km) Date
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
An area of several countries (such as the Middle East or West Africa) is sometimes counted under the continental scale level, sometimes under the regional scale. Actually, both are incorrect, because it does not include a continent but is larger than a country, while the regional scale is smaller than the national scale.
English: Blank political map of Africa as in 2011-07. Français : Carte politique vierge de l' Afrique telle qu'en 07/2011. Lambert azimutal equal-area projection, WGS84 datum, standard meridian: 15°E, standard parallel: 0°
A graphical or bar scale. A map would also usually give its scale numerically ("1:50,000", for instance, means that one cm on the map represents 50,000cm of real space, which is 500 meters) A bar scale with the nominal scale expressed as "1:600 000", meaning 1 cm on the map corresponds to 600,000 cm=6 km on the ground.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: Image:Africa_map_blank.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0, Cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0/en . 2008-06-27T03:34:58Z Sting 1525x1440 (711453 Bytes) Completely new drawing with known projection