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  2. 1 day ago · 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.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AfricaAfrica - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The size of Africa compared to the other continents. 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. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it ...

    • 30,370,000 km² (11,730,000 sq mi) (2nd)
    • 1,393,676,444 (2021; 2nd)
  4. 5 days ago · Eastern Africa, part of sub-Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Eastern Africa consists largely of plateaus and has most of the highest.

  5. 2 days ago · Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and was the site of one of the world’s earliest urban and literate societies.

  6. 2 days ago · The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300,000–250,000 years ago — anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. [1]

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CameroonCameroon - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Cameroon, [a] officially the Republic of Cameroon, [b] is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south.

  8. May 4, 2024 · The cultural landscape of West Africa is as varied as its geography. With hundreds of ethnic groups and languages, the region boasts a vibrant tapestry of traditions, music, and festivals that reflect its rich history and communal life. West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo, a religion practiced extensively in countries like Benin and Togo.

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