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| Africa is the second largest continent in the entire world. It is 11,657,000 square miles. This number includes it's many islands. This is 23% of the world's land. Africa is also second in population and size, only behind Asia. There is about 830 million people in Africa. February is Black History Month. Africa also has their own share of wonders. |
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| 1. Africa has about 800 million people 2. Africa’s tallest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at 19,340 feet high 3. Africa is divided into 53 independent regions 4. Africa takes up 11,657,000 square miles 5. Nigeria has the largest population at 125 million 6. The majority of north Africans are Arabs 7. Africa has huge deposits of copper, diamonds, gold, and petroleum 8. Agriculture is Africa’s leading economic producer 9. The Nile River is the longest in the world at 4,145 miles 10. 65% of Africans live in rural areas 11. Africa has 22,921 miles of coastline 12. Lake Assal is Africa’s lowest point, 509 feet below sea level 13. The largest desert is the Sahara Desert, about the size of the United States or 3.5 million square miles 14. Africa produces 75% of cocoa beans and 25% of peanuts in the world 15. Around 650 million people live south of the Sahara 16. The Nile River Valley, a very fertile area has over 4,000 people per square mile 17. The average population is 71 people per square mile 18. Art is an important thing to Africans, it has become an everyday activity 19. The ostrich, the tallest bird can be found in the grasslands of Africa 20. More than 800 languages are spoken in Africa 21. 150 million Africans are Muslim 22. 130 million Africans are Christians 23. Until the 1960s, the Nile River flooded once a year and caused severe damage 24. In 1968 builders completed the Aswan High Dam, this allowed farming three times a year, but the Nile Rive didn’t deposit rich soil, as it did with flooding 25. Savannas cover 40% of Africa 26. Africa has a few rainforests, unlike most people imagine 27. Two other major rivers are the Congo and the Niger 28. Lake Tanganyika is the longest lake in the world, it is 420 miles long 29. Africa’s largest lake is Lake Victoria, 26,828 square miles. 30. Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake after the North American Lake Superior 31. The majority of African lakes lies in eastern Africa 32. Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya were formed by volcanoes 33. Mount Kilimanjaro is 19,340 feet high, while Mount Kenya is 17,058 feet tall 34. The Atlas Mountains form Africa’s longest mountain chain 35. 89.7% of Africa lies on the tropics 36. 136° is the highest temperature on record 37. The record for highest temperature was set in the shade at Al Aziziyah. 38. The average summer temperature in north Somalia is 113° 39. Africa had many unique animals, but they are disappearing because of over hunting 40. The elephant, rhinoceros, and gorilla are all endangered in Africa 41. Excellent predators of Africa are the cheetahs, leopards, lions, and hyenas 42. The animals they each vary from antelopes to zebras to giraffes 43. If an African grassland becomes to dry it may become a steppe 44. Bamboos are common African animals 45. Camels were originally from Southwest Asia, and were moved to Africa because they don’t need water as much as horses. 46. 60% of farms are subsistence farms, meaning farmers make only enough for their family 47. Many dams across Africa help produce a large amount of hydroelectric power 48. Africa has 53 countries, but only 5 countries produce 80% of mineral exports 49. 60,000 of Africa’s 800,000 miles of road have pavement 50. There is one TV for every 24 or 25 people and 1 radio for 4 to 6 people 51. In rural areas, there is not a lot of spreading news, but radios have helped that number |
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