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Facts About Africa:

    1. Map of Africa

      • - Africa is larger than the United States, China, India, Argentina, and western Europe combined
      • - There are 56 sovereign countries on the continent. The newest country is South Sudan which became independent from Sudan on July 9, 2011
      • - There are numerous climate types on the continent, including tropical, savanna, and desert
      • - Between 2100 and 3000 languages are spoken on the continent, roughly a quarter of all languages spoken in the world
      • -The current population is around 1 billion people
      • -Both the equator (zero degrees latitude) and the Prime Meridian (zero degrees longitude) pass through Africa
      • -The most populous country in Africa is Nigeria with about 150 million people
      • -The southernmost point of the continent is Cape Agulhas in South Africa, not the Cape of Good Hope.
      • -In the 12th century, Timbuktu in Mali was home to 3 universities attended by about 25,000 students