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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 largest lake is Lake Victoria.
The Maghreb is a region of northwest Africa encompassing the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Sahara Desert is the massive sparsely populated region in North Africa that contains the world's largest hot deserts; Sub-Saharan Africa is the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara.
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.
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]
Description: Map of Africa by the late Sir E. Hertslet, 3d ed., printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Harrison and sons, 1909. Note on verso: Although assistance is given towards this compilation from public funds on the ground of its general utility, it must be understood that it is not an official publication
This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Africa defined physiographically. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features. Notes are provided where territorial disputes or inconsistencies affect the listings.
The Cambridge History of Africa; The Emperor (book) The King Incorporated; The Negro; The Pirates of Somalia; The Scramble for Africa (book) Whispering Truth to Power; Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire; Template:Africa-hist-book-stub
Map of Africa for use on Wikivoyage. Multilingual: in separate layers data for language codes: en, eo, fr, nl, ru, uk. Date: 15 April 2007: Source: Own work based on the blank map of Africa: Author: Nick Roux and Peter Fitzgerald, adapted by Cacahuate, Burmesedays, Joelf, Globe-trotter, LtPowers and Piet-c. Other versions: PNG files: English ...