OOOOOOO Where is Africa Africa is the second largest continent in the world Its landmass covers more than one fifth of Earth's surface Its mainland is connected to Asia by a narrow stretch of land while large oceans and sea surround the rest of the continent A s Mediterranean Sea The border between Egypt and Israel is also the border between Africa and the continent of Asia Israel Atlantic Ocean Egypt ASIA Indian Ocean Mainland The mainland of Africa is so large that you can fit the United States China India Argentina and Western Europe in it and still have extra land to spare USA Western Europe Africa 11 699 512 sq miles 30 301 596 sq km Other named areas 11 522 766 sq miles 29 843 826 sq km The continent of Africa includes six islands that surround the mainland Madagascar is the largest China Tim Alexandrial dirgin arterilisation in Miami lines annual Early map One of the earliest maps of Africa was made by the German mapmaker Sebastian Münster around 1544 It was made from information gathered by European explorers and much of it was incorrect
The equator The equator is an imaginary line running around the middle of Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole It divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere The equator runs through the African countries of Gabon Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda Kenya and Somalia The tropics of Cancer Tropic o The tropics are imaginary lines that run around Earth where temperatures are high all year round The Tropic of Cancer runs around Earth about 23 5 degrees north of the equator and goes through the African countries of Morocco the member state of Western Sahara Mauritania Mali Algeria Niger Libya Chad and Egypt Eqi uator Cool ico Tro The Tropic of Capricorn runs about 23 5 degrees south of the equator and goes through the African countries of Namibia Botswana South Africa Mozambique Madagascar and TI Locating Africa We can describe the location of Africa in relation to the areas of land and water that surround it and using the points on a compass Durope Asia Atlantic Africa is west of Asia Ocean Africa Africa is south of Europe Indian Ocean Africa is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean
Regions Countries North Africa West Africa When people talk about places in Africa they often refer to them by geographical region These regions are North Africa West Africa Central Africa East Africa and Southern Africa Southern Africa refers to the southern part of the continent and should not be confused with the country South Africa East rica Africa is made up of 54 countries and one member state more countries than any other continent It has the second largest population of all the continents after Asia and it is home to more than 1 billion people Central Africa II Sub Saharan Iorth Sub Saharan Southern Africa ca Another geographical term used when talking about places in Africa is sub Saharan This is used to refer to the countries south of the Sahara Desert and below North Africa Tunisia Morocco rn Sahara member state Sierra Leone Algeria Lose Senegal Egypt Mauritania Eritrea E Guinea Bissau lali South Sud Ethiopia Liberia E Burkina Faso Sudan Cape Verde E Djibouti J Nigeria Chad Somalia Cameroo inea 3 The Gambia
Equatorial Guinea Central African Republic J Kenya Ivory Coast GE Uganda L Ghana J Burundi Rwanda Togo Mal Democrati Republic of the Congo Benin nzania Gabon São Tomé and Principe Seychelles Republic of the Congo Zambia Angola Comoros Namibia Zimbab de Mozambiqu Botswana African Union I Lesotho Madagascar Swaziland a F South Africa Mauritius The African Union is an organization made up of representatives from all of the countries of Africa with the exception of Morocco It was established in 2002 with the goal of promoting peace and prosperity across a united continent The headquarters of the African Union is based in Addis Ababa Ethiopia
