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AFRICA

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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia.
The "Black Continent" is divided roughly in two by the equator and surrounded by sea except where the Isthmus of Suez joins it to Asia. In the north Africa is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar, in west by the Atlantic Ocean, in south and south east by the Indian Ocean, and on its north eastern coast by the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.

Area: 30,370,000 km², Population: 1 billion,
There are 54 sovereign states, 10 small dependent territories, still controlled by former colonial powers, and two major disputed African territories: Somaliland and Western Sahara.

1250–3000 native languages,  Afro-Asiatic (e.g. Berber lang), Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo (Bantu), and Khoi-San.
All African states except Morocco are members of the African Union, the association of sovereign African nations established in 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Time zonesUTC-1 to UTC+4

North Africa

Area: 4,761,667 km2

East Africa

Area: 3,678,394 km2

Central Africa

Area: 7 232 745 km2

West Africa

Area: 5,112,903 km2

Southern Africa

Area: 2,314,764 km2

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