Geography of Africa

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Geography of Africa

• Jackie May

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Click the airplane to see an Integrated Map
ofAfrica click

• Click on a country for its information!

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Down to the basics

• Africa makes up about 1/5 of the Earths total
  land area
• Africa is made up of 61 territories
• There are over 1000 different languages spoken in
  Africa

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Down to the basics cont

• About 840 million people live in Africa
• About 40 of the population is Christian
• Another 40 are Muslim

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Dividing up the continentAfrica can be divided
up into 5 parts.

• North Africa
• East Africa
• West Africa

• Middle Africa
• South Africa

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North AfricaNorth Africa includes

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Libya
• Morocco
• Sudan

• Tunisia
• Western Sahara

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Within North Africa you can find

• The Nile River, the longest river in the world
• The pyramids of Egypt
• The Sahara Desert, the longest desert in the
  world

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East AfricaThe countries of East Africa include

• Burundi
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia

• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique

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East Africacontinued

• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• Tanzania
• Uganda

• Zambia
• ZimbabweUgandas Flag

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West AfricaThe countries of West Africa include

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cape Verde
• Cote d Ivoire
• Gambia

• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Mali

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West Africacontinued

• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone Nigers Flag
• Togo

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Middle AfricaCountries in Middle Africa include

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
  Congos flag

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Middle Africa continued

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Sao Tome Principe
  Gabons flag

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South AfricaCountries in South Africa include

• Botswana
• Lesotho
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Swaziland South
  Africas flag

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Animals of Africa

• Africa is home to numerous amounts of exotic
  animals including
• Elephants
• Giraffes
• Tigers
• Lions
• Zebra

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Africas exports

• Africa has numerous amounts of valuable exports
• The two most noted are Ivory and diamonds

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And that's the end!!
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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
• http//www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm