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Africa is the second largest continent on Earth. It has a population of 1.2 billion people
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54 sovereign nations make up the continent of Africa and the continent accounts for about 16
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of the whole world population. Let's look at five interesting geographical facts about Africa
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Hi my name is Jared and welcome to the five where we share five interesting things in black culture
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Number 1 Africa's biggest countries. Did you know Algeria is the biggest country in Africa by landmass
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It resides in the northern part of the continent of Africa with a border on the Mediterranean Sea
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Countries bordering Algeria include Tunisia, Morocco, Maritania, and even Mali. Africa biggest country is the 10th largest country in the world by landmass Four of Algeria landmass falls within the Sahara Desert thus making the
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country the hottest in Africa. Nigeria, however, is the largest country in Africa in terms of population with at least
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four times the size of Algeria. In 2020, Nigeria's population is estimated to be 206 million people
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Nigeria is ranked seventh in the world by population. Nigeria also overtook South Africa
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to become Africa's largest economy with the most industrialized and diversified economy
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on the continent. Number two, the enormous size of the Sahara Desert
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Did you know that the Sahara Desert is the size of the continent of the United States
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It spans approximately 3.5 million square miles. The size however changes with the season due to the expansion and contraction
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The Sahara Desert stretches across 11 countries on the continent. Countries such as Tunisia Sudan Western Sahara Niger Mali Morocco Egypt Chad Algeria and Maritania all parts within the desert Contrary to its harsh weather conditions the Sahara has a wide range of wildlife
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Over time, they have even adapted to weather conditions, but migrate during seasons of drought
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Number four, Africa lies on all four of Earth's hemispheres. Uniquely positioned, Africa lies on all four hemispheres of the Earth
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The prime meridian and the equator slice through the continent. Thus Africa lies in the western, eastern, northern, and southern hemispheres
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Africa is also the only continent on the planet to extend to the northern temperature zone and the southern temperature zone
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Number 4. Africa's Beautiful Islands When you think of breathtaking islands for your dream vacation, do you think of the Caribbean's or the Pacific Islands
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Do you know that Africa's islands are some of the most beautiful islands in the world
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These include the Seashells, Mauritius, Comoros, and Socotra Islands. Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania famously stole the hearts of many in an episode of Scandal In number five we give you a short list of Africa geographical facts that
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will blow your mind. Africa has the second highest mountain in the world
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Mount Kilimanjaro, and the longest river in the world, the Nile River. Africa has
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the biggest land animal in the world, the African elephant. It also has the
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tallest animal, the giraffe, and the fastest land animal in the world, the cheetah
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The African continent has approximately 3,000 distinct ethnic groups and 2,000 different
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languages all spoken in the continent. Seashells is the least populated country in Africa with 80,000 residents
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There are so many more interesting facts about Africa that we didn't even have time to put
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in here. So let us know in the comments if you have other interesting facts about Africa that we
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didn't list. That's it for this episode, we'll be back with another episode in Black Culture and Society
