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List of African countries by area. 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. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia being the smallest country on continental Africa. [ 2]
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations ), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of ...
Anglophone Africa includes five countries in West Africa (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and the most populous African country Nigeria, as well as a part of Cameroon) that are separated by Francophone countries, South Sudan, and a large continuous area in Southern Africa and the African Great Lakes.
With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the seventeenth largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is also Libya's largest city. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.
Lists of mountains. Mountains are listed according to various criteria: List of mountains by elevation. List of highest mountains greater than 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level. List of highest unclimbed peaks. List of volcanoes by elevation. Topographic prominence. List of mountain peaks by prominence. Ultra-prominent peak.
6.3. 9. Gauteng. 18,178. 1.5. South Africa. 1,220,813. 100.0. The Prince Edward Islands, which are considered part of the Western Cape for legal purposes but are administered by the national Department of Environmental Affairs, are not included in this table; they have surface areas of 290 km 2 (Marion Island) and 45 km 2 (Prince Edward Island).
An area of British North America, under the jurisdiction of the Hudson's Bay Company. Great Seljuq Empire: 3,900,000: Turkish empire in the Middle East, was the European antagonist during the Crusades. Lasted from 1037–1194, size is calculated to be the greatest extent reached in 1080. Arabian Sea: 3,862,000: Northern Indian Ocean. Andean ...
List of countries and dependencies by area. 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 by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which ...