Africa is the second largest continent and lies between latitude 37ºN and 35ºS and on longitude 18ºW and 52ºE.
Separated by water from all other continent except at the point where it joins Asia.
Mostly Easterly point is called Ras Hafun (cape Guardafui)
Mostly westerly is Cape Verde
Mostly northerly is Cape Bon
Mostly southerly is Cape Agulhas
Africa is connected to Sinai Peninsula by Suez Canal
Separated from Spain by strait of Gibraltar
Separated from Arabia by strait of Bab El Mandeb
The position of Africa
Shape of Africa
The northern half is very wide while the southern is much narrower.
At the cape Guardafui extends outwards in the shape of a horn therefore the horn of Africa.
Size of Africa
Africa is the second largest continent in the world
Has an area of about 30.3 million square kilometers (20% of the total land surface)
It measures 8000 km from north to south and 7400km from east to west
Other Continents
Asia – 43608000km2
Africa – 30335000km2
North America – 25349000km2
South America – 17611000km2
Antarctica – 13340000km2
Europe – 10498000km2
Australia – 8923000km2
Countries that make up the Africa Continent
Africa has the largest number of countries in the world making o total of 55 countries
1. Algeria- 2381741km2
2. Angola- 1246700km2
3. Benin- 115773km2
4. Botswana- 600372km2
5. Burkina Faso- 274200km2
6. Burundi- 28490km2
7. Cameroon- 475900km2
8. Cape Verde- 7275km2
9. Central Africa Republic- 622984km2
10. Chad- 1284000km2
11. Comoros- 2117km2
12. Congo- 34965km2
13. Cόte d’ ivoire- 322463km2
14. Djibouti- 23310km2
15. DR Congo- 2345409km2
16. Egypt- 1101449km2
17. Equatorial Guinea- 28051km2
18. Eritrea- 124320km2
19. Ethiopia- 1221900km2
20. Gabon- 267667km2
21. Gambia- 11369km2
22. Ghana- 238537km2
23. Guinea- 245957km2
24. Guinea Bissau- 36125km2
25. Kenya- 582648km2
26. Lesotho- 30460km2
27. Liberia- 111369km2
28. Libya- 1775000km2
29. Madagascar- 592900km2
30. Malawi- 118484km2
31. Mali- 1240192km2
32. Mauritania- 1030700km2
33. Mauritius- 2040km2
34. Morocco- 724730km2
35. Mozambique- 802000km2
36. Niger- 1267000km2
37. Namibia- 824295km2
38. Nigeria- 923773km2
39. Rwanda- 26338km2
40. Sӑo Tome & Principe- 964km2
41. Senegal- 196192km2
42. Seychelles- 453km2
43. Sierra Leone- 72325km2
44. Somalia 626541km2
45. South Africa- 1221037km2
46. South Sudan- 644329km2
47. Sudan- 1886068km2
48. Eswatini- 17368km2
49. Tanzania- 947419km2
50. Togo- 56785km2
51. Tunisia- 164154km2
52. Uganda- 236036km2
53. Western Sahara- 252120km2
54. Zambia- 752618km2
55. Zimbabwe- 390759km2
The largest country in Africa is Algeria while the smallest is Seychelles.
Offshore island also forms part of Africa. They include:
1. Seychelles
2. Sao Tome and Principe
3. Mauritius
4. Comoros
5. Madagascar
6. Cape Verde
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