AFRICA

Statistics:

LAND
Area
30,522,000 sq km
(11,785,000 sq mi)


Highest Point
Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
5,895 m (19,340 ft)
above sea level


Population
611 million


Number of Independent Countries: 52

Sources:
Random House Encyclopedia

Africa, the second largest of the earth's seven continents, covering about 30,330,000 sq km (about 11,699,000 sq mi), including its adjacent islands. It comprises about 22 percent of the world's total land area. In 1990 about 12 percent of the world's population, an estimated 642 million people, lived in Africa, making it the world's second-most populous continent after Asia.
 

* Photographs of Africa contributed by Rene P.

 


 

South Africa -South of Cape Town -Penguins in Cape of Good Hope

South Africa -South of Cape Town -Penguins in Cape of Good Hope

 

Stellenbosch -Wine Country near Cape Town

  Namib Etosha National Park, District 6 Museum

Sossusvlei - dunes

Sossusvlei - dunes

Sossusvlei - dunes

Sossusvlei - hot air balloons

Karos Lodge

Sossusvlei - dunes

Sossusvlei - dunes

Sossusvlei - Akasha Giraffe Tree, over 100 years old

Namib Etosha National Park - Zebras

Namib Etosha National Park - Springbosch Antelope

Namib Etosha National Park - Zebras

Namib Etosha National Park - Springbosch Antelope

Namib Etosha National Park - Springbosch Antelope

Mali - roof of house in Koula

 


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