Africa — human features
Geofacts
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Largest country: Sudan 2 505 810 sq km (F6)
Canary Islands
(Spain)
Las Palmas
TUNISIA
Sfax
Al Khums
Zlitan Misratah
Tropic of Cancer
Al M
Beng
A
El Aaiun
ME
Tripoli
C
O
Malta
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20°N
M AU R I TA N I A
M
Nouakchott
Timbuktu
Praia
Dakar
SENEGAL
Thies
Kaolack
Banjul
Segou
GAMBIA
Ziguinchor
Bamako
Bissau
GUINEA BISSAU G U I N E A
10°N
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Agadez
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Freetown
BENIN
TOGO
GHANA
LIBERIA
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Kaduna
San Pedro
Cape Palmas
N’Djamena
Maiduguri
Maroua
N I G E R I A
Onitsha
Aba
Port Harcourt
Accra
Abidjan
Lake Chad
Zaria
Abuja
Ilorin
Oshogbo
Lake Volta Ogbomosho
Bouake
Ibadan
Yamoussoukro
Daloa
Porto-Novo
Benin City
Kumasi
Lome LAGOS
Divo
COAST
Monrovia
Zinder
Kano
Tamale
Korhogo
SIERRA LEONE
FASO
I N AOuagadougou
Maradi
Niamey
B Bobo-Dioulasso
Sikasso
Conakry
Malabo
CAMEROON
C
Douala
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RAL
A F RI CA
Bangui
Yaounde
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Bata
Principe
SAO TOME
AND PRINCIPE Sao Tome
Libreville
Sao Tome
Port Gentil
GABON
Equator
Moundou
Garoua
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River
Mbandaka
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Great Pyramid of Giza (G7)
Built around 2580 BC, the Great Pyramid of
Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World that remains today. It
is made up of more than two million granite
blocks, each weighing 2.5 tonnes.
Western
Sahara
7
Amazing places
Olduvai Gorge (G4)
This steep-sided ravine in northern
Tanzania has yielded fossil evidence of the
earliest humans and their tools, dating back
1.7 million years.
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Agadir
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Sicily
Tunis
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Poorest country (GDP per capita): Burundi
US$104 (F4)
Annaba
I TA LY
Constantine Sousse
Batna
C
30°N
Richest country (GDP per capita): Libya
US$7482 (E7)
Setif
Sidi-Bel-Abbes
O
Madeira Islands
(Portugal)
Highest population density: Mauritius
662 people per sq km (I2)
Lowest population density: Namibia
2.5 people per sq km (E2)
Tetouan Oran
Oujda
Rabat KenitraFez
Casablanca
Meknes
Khouribga
Safi
Marrakech
20°E
E
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Smallest population: Seychelles 81 188 (I4)
Strait of Gibraltar
Tangier
8
10°E
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Algiers
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Largest population: Nigeria 128 771 988 (D5)
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SPAIN
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Smallest country: Seychelles 455 sq km (I4)
10°W
PORTUGAL
Brazzaville
KINSHASA
O
Pointe Noire
Matadi
4
ATLANTIC
Ascension (U.K.)
Temple of Karnak (G7)
The world’s largest temple, near Luxor on
the Nile River, was built around 1250 BC.
Cairo (G8)
With a population of 11 155 000, Cairo is
Africa’s largest city. It is the capital of Egypt
and the cultural centre of the Arab world.
Kikwit
Boma
Ts
Luanda
10°S
A
Benguela
OCEAN
3
Lobito
N
G
O
L
Huambo
Namibe
St Helena (U.K.)
Cape Fria
Etosha
Pan
N A M I B I A
20°S
Nile Delta
corn
Tropic of Capri
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1 : 32 000 000 — 1 centimetre on the map
represents 320 kilometres on the ground.
Azimuthal Equal Area Projection
Cairo
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20°W
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10°W
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0°
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10°E
Cape of Good Hope
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River
Major road
CAIRO
Over 5 000 000 people
Country name
Lake
Major railway
Pretoria
1 000 000 to 5 000 000 people
Maputo
Country capital
Island
Blantyre
500 000 to 1 000 000 people
Dependency
Sfax
100 000 to 500 000 people
Disputed border
Banjul
Under 100 000 people
E
20°E
LY
30°E
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GREECE
Sicily
Malta
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50°E
Port Said
Alexandria
Benghazi
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Luxor
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PAKISTAN
BAHRAIN
QATAR
U.A.E.
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KUWAIT
Asyut
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People per
square kilometre
Over 200
100 to 200
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20 to 100
A
Lake Nasser
8
30°N
El Faiyum
B
Population
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JORDAN
CAIRO El Mansura
Suez
Giza
J
AFGHANISTAN
SYRIA
CYPRUS
MEDITERRANEAN
LEBANON
SEA
I
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Al Marj
Crete
Khums
Misratah
60°E
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140
Reunion
(France)
N
KEY
Country border
NIGER
1 to 20
20°N
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Port Sudan
Khartoum
D
El Fasher
e Chad
El Geneina
Nyala
N’Djamena
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Kassala
Asmara
El Obeid
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Gedaref
Kosti
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Mekele
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Juba
Bangui
River
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RWANDA
Bukavu
NSHASA
Kisumu
Nakuru
Lake
Victoria
Kigali
Mwanza
REPUBLIC
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O
Mbandaka
Mogadishu
Merca
Kismayu
Tanga
Lake
Tanganyika Dodoma
Mbuji-Mayi
Horticulture and
vineyards
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Pretoria
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Maseru
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Port Elizabeth
Good Hope
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Port Louis
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Fianarantsoa
20°S
Reunion
(France)
Ag Silver
Al Bauxite
Au Gold
50°E
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60°E
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Diamonds
Iron
Mn Manganese
O Oil
Pt Platinum
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Phosphate
Pb Lead
Sn Tin
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MAURITIUS
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40°E
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Toamasina
Antananarivo
Antsirabe
Pietermaritzburg
East London
Little or no agriculture
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SWAZILAND
Bloemfontein
Nomadic herding
Sedentary cultivation
Fe
Mbabane
Durban
LESOTHO
S O U T H A F R I C A
20°E
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M
Maputo
Johannesburg
Or
an
Europa
M
Gaborone
Z
Makgadikgadi
Pan
B O T S W A N A
hoek
Chimoio
Beira
O
M I B I A
Gweru
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Bulawayo
Quelimane
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Harare
ZIMBABWE
Mutare
Livestock farming
Commercial crop and
livestock farming
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Pb PMnFe
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Mahajanga
Ch
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Lake
Kariba
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Nampula
Blantyre
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Shifting cultivation
Specialised farming
Minerals
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Cape Ambre
Mayotte
(France)
Lake Malawi
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River
Lusaka
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Lilongwe
COMOROS
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Moroni
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M
Kabwe
Q
A
Z
MALAWI
M
Kitwe
Ndola
Huambo
E
10°S
I
A
Subsistence crop and
livestock farming
Intensive cultivation
Aldabra Atoll
Lubumbashi
2000 km
4
Dar-es-Salaam
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L
1000
T A N Z A N I A Mafia
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0
SEYCHELLES
Victoria
Pemba
Mbeya
G
N
Zanzibar
Lake Rukwa Morogoro
Lake
Mweru
N
0°
OCEAN
Mombasa
Kananga
Kolwezi
INDIAN
Nairobi
OF CONGO
Tshikapa
M
O
Bujumbura
BURUNDI
Kikwit
S
K E N Y A
Kampala
5
A
Lake
Turkana
UGANDA
DEMOCRATIC
N G
O
C
T
EN
10°N
Nazret
Jima
Wau
50 000 to 100 000
Hargeysa
Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa
Moundou
100 000 to 1 000 000
Agriculture
Socotra
Djibouti
Berbera
Bahir Dar Dese
N
1 000 000 to 5 000 000
6
DJIBOUTI
Gonder
A
M
E
Y
Wad Medani
E
A
A
ERITREA
N
I
H
Urban population
Over 5 000 000
Atbara
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Pt
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Sn Cu
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Sn
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Di Di
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U
U
Au
Mn U
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Coal field
P
Au
UFe
P
Oil and gas field
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