Geography: Grade 5
Map Skills: Africa - Oceans, Countries and Major Cities
Oceans, Countries and Major Cities of Africa
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Oceans, Countries and Main Cities
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Tunisia
Casablanca
Alexandria
Morocco
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45 O
Cairo
30 O
Algeria
Libya
Egypt
Western Sahara
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S ea
Cape
Verde
Mauritania
Mali
Niger
Sudan
Chad
Djibouti
South
Sudan
Juba
Central African
Republic
Gulf of Guinea
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Ethiopia
Uganda
Equatorial Guinea
Sao Tome
and Principe Gabon
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Eritrea
Khartoum
Senegal
Gambia
Burkina Faso
GuineaGuinea
Benin Nigeria
Bissau
Cote
Sierra
Togo
Leone d’Ivoire
Lagos
Ghana
Cameroon
Liberia
Abidjan
Congo, (DRC)
Kinshasa
Angola
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Somalia
Kenya
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Rwanda
Burundi
Tanzania
(including Zanzibar)
Seychelles
Comoros
Malawi
Zambia
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Atlantic Ocean
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Lesotho
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South Africa
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Johannesburg Swaziland
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Botswana
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Namibia
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Zimbabwe Mozambique
Madagascar
Durban
Indian Ocean
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Cape Town
Scale at the Equator
Mercator Projection
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Oceans
Africa is separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from most of Asia by the Red Sea. The Strait
of Gibraltar separates Africa from Spain. The Gulf of Aden is found off the north coast of the Somali Peninsula
(called the Horn of Africa).
It is thought that Africa and South America were split apart by tectonic forces over 150 million years ago.
The Indian Ocean lies to the east of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Gulf of Guinea is found
off the coastline of central west Africa.
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Map Skills: Africa - Oceans, Countries and Major Cities
The Mozambique Channel separates Madagascar from mainland Africa.
Africa is surrounded by oceans on all sides, i.e.,:
- The Mediterranean Sea to the north
- The Suez Canal and the Red Sea on the Sinai Peninsula to the north east
- The Indian Ocean to the south east
- The Atlantic Ocean to the west
The coastline of Africa is mostly straight, smooth and short compared to other continents and therefore needs
more harbours than continents with broken shorelines. It is fringed by coral reefs, mangrove swamps and
lagoons.
Mozambique Coast
False Bay - Cape Town
African Countries and Capital Cities
A country is a large piece of land within fixed borders, where people live under one government. The borders
separate one country from the other.
The capital city of a country is the city that is the official seat of government of the country.
There are 55 countries on the continent of Africa, of which 49 are on the mainland and 6 are islands. Zanzibar
is another island off the coast of Africa, but it is part of Tanzania.
The largest African island is Madagascar, which is the 4th largest island in the world.
Also in the Indian Ocean, to the east of Madagascar, the island of Mauritius can be found. The Seychelles and
the Comoros Islands are found to the north of Madagascar.
In the Atlantic Ocean, the islands of Sao Tome and Principe are found in the Gulf of Guinea. The island of
Cape Verde is found further north, west of Mauritania and Senegal.
Outline Map of Africa
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The following is a list of the countries in Africa and their capital cities:
Country
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC)
Congo, Republic of
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Cote d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania (including Zanzibar)
Togo
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Capital City
Algiers
Luanda
Porto-Novo
Gaborone
Ouagadougou
Bujumbura
Yaounde
Praia
Bangui
N’Djamena
Moroni
Kinshasa
Brazzaville
Yamoussoukr
Djibouti
Cairo
Malabo
Asmara
Addis Ababa
Libreville
Banjul
Accra
Conakry
Bissau
Nairobi
Maseru
Monrovia
Tripoli
Antananarivo
Lilongwe
Bamako
Nouakchott
Port Louis
Rabat
Maputo
Windhoek
Niamey
Abuja
Kigali
Sao Tome
Dakar
Victoria
Freetown
Mogadishu
Pretoria *
Juba
Khartoum
Mbabane
Dodoma
Lomé
Tunis
El-Aaiun
Kampala
Lusaka
Harare
*South Africa actually has 3 capital
cities, i.e.:
• Cape Town – the seat of parliament
• Pretoria - the administrative capital
• Bloemfontein – the legal capital
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Pretoria
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Main African Cities
The following are the 12 largest cities in Africa:
No.
City
Country
Flag
Population of City
1.
Cairo
Egypt
15,2 million
2.
Lagos
Nigeria
11,8 million
3.
Kinshasa
DRC
8,9 million
4.
Johannesburg
South Africa
7,55 million
5.
Mogadishu
Somalia
5,85 million
6.
Khartoum
Sudan
4,97 million
7.
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
4,7 million
8.
Alexandria
Egypt
3,97 million
9.
Abidjan
Cote D’ Ivoire
4,4 million
10.
Casablanca
Morocco
3,97 million
11.
Cape Town
South Africa
3,77 million
12.
Durban
South Africa
3,65 million
Source: Wikipedia, Attribution: Citypopulation.de
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