What are facts about Africa?

Answer 1

Facts about Africa include the following:

• Africa is a continent consisting of 53 individual countries and offshore islands.
• The largest country by land mass is Sudan (although this may change in June 2011 due to a political divide within the country).
• The highest peak in Africa is Mt. Kilimanjaro.
• The longest river in the world, the Nile, runs through Africa.
• Africa is traversed by the Equator, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
• It is the second largest continent on in the world.

  Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea (North), Atlantic Ocean (West), Red Sea (North East), and Indian Ocean (East).

  It has a population of approximately 1.1 billion people.

• The most populous country in Africa is Nigeria with an estimated 250 million people.
• The most populated city in Africa is Cairo.
• The largest dry desert in the world is located in North Africa, the Sahara.
• The FIFA world cup was held in Africa for the first time in 2010 and hosted in the Republic of South Africa.