18/06/2022
18 interesting Facts about Africa.
• Africa is the second-largest continent in the world both in size and population.
• Islam is the dominant religion in Africa. Christianity is the second. Arabic is also the most widely-spoken language in Africa.
• Africa has the shortest coastline despite being the second largest continent in the world.
• Africa is the most centrally located continent in the world. Both the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), and the equator (0 degrees latitude) cut across it.
• Nigeria has the highest population (154.7 million people) in Africa. This represents 18% of Africa's total population.
• Both the world's tallest and largest land animals both come from Africa. They are the giraffe and African elephant, respectively.
• Around 2,000 different languages are spoken in Africa and each of them have different dialects while Arabic is the language that is most widely spoken in the African continent.
• The world's longest river -- the Nile -- and the world's largest desert -- the Sahara -- both are home in Africa.
• Algeria is the biggest country in Africa by land area.
• The world's hottest place -- Ethiopia -- is in Africa.
• The continents terrain was inhabitable and remained unknown for thousands of years, earning it the name of 'Dark Continent'.
• The equator passes through the middle of the Dark Continent and it receives direct sunlight throughout the year.
• The major animals in Africa include -- cheetah, African elephant, lion, zebra, Egyptian mongoose, giraffe, addax.
• The largest waterfall in Africa is the Victoria Falls and it is located on the Zimbabwe and Zambia border. It has a height of 355 feet and the width of the water fall runs into almost a mile.
• More than 50% of the world's French-speaking population lives here on the continent.
• Angola has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal.
• Africa has a pink lake in Senegal.
• Africa is the hottest continent on earth.
