Africa Countries Map
- Largest Country: Algeria
- Largest City: Lagos in Nigeria
- Smallest Country: Seychelles
- Biggest Island: Madagascar in the Indian Ocean
- Longest River: Nile
- Highest Mountain: Mount Kilimanjaro
- Biggest Lake: Lake Victoria
Get ready to be amazed by wonderful Africa! Wild and idyllic landscapes, beautiful beaches, waterfalls, and National Parks with a diversity that will amaze you, and you will have a wonderful experience watching them in their own habitat.We have written about every country in Africa that is safe to be visited, we present the main attractions, but we also help you save money when you order a vacation or a trip, no matter which country you decided to visit. We wish you a nice vacation!
Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Off the coasts of Africa a number of islands are associated with the continent. Of these Madagascar, one of the largest islands in the world, is the most significant.
Other, smaller islands include the Seychelles, Socotra, and other islands to the east; the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, and other islands to the southeast; Ascension, St. Helena, and Tristan da Cunha to the southwest; Cape Verde, the Bijagós Islands, Bioko, and São Tomé and Príncipe to the west; and the Azores and the Madeira and Canary islands to the northwest.
There are 54 countries in Africa – and 9 dependent territories. More than 1.3 billion people live on the African continent. This means about 15% of the world’s total population live in Africa!
Facts About Africa
- The most spoken language is arabic
- 40% of adults in Africa are illiterate
- Is the world’s hottest continent
- Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world
- 90% of all Malaria cases across the world occur in Africa
- Sahara, being the largest desert in the world is bigger than the entire USA
- Africa is actually home to one of the oldest universities in the world
- African elephants are the largest living land animals
- 23 Nobel Prizes have been received by Africans
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The Netherlands are most renowned for their windmills but South Africa is actually the home to 280,000 windmills. These can be found on farms across the country and the numbers here are much higher than the Netherlands’ figures which have only ever recorded the total of 10,000 windmills.
Mount Kilimanjaro is a popular destination and one that many people from all over the world take on as a challenge here in Africa. You may not know that Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest point in Africa. It is as high as 19,340 feet above sea level and it’s one of the biggest challenges for professional climbers today. However, it is one of the most dangerous climbing expeditions and more than 1,000 people are rescued every year, with an annual death rate of around 10 people on average which means that this climb is definitely not for the faint hearted!
A few years back, El Azizia in Libya, North Africa was considered to be the hottest place in the world. Questions were raised about the authenticity and accuracy of the recorded 58°C high and has since been overturned by investigative scientists. However, it has recently been stripped of its title as records have shown a recorded temperature of 56.7°C (134°F) in Death Valley, California back in 1913. However, title or no title, El Azizia is still a very hot place…Discover the best Africa safari offers, Africa flights and Africa vacations with us!