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canary islands
(to spain)
madeira
(to Portugal)
comoro
islands
Zanzibar
Lake nyasa
Lake
Turkana
Lake
Tanganyika
Lake
Victoria
Lake
chad
Horn of
Africa
Congo
Basin
Cape of
Good Hope
Kalahari
Desert
Sahara
Sahel
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Nile
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Tropic of cancer
Tropic of cancer
equator equator
Tropic of capricorn
Kilimanjaro
5895m
Victoria
Falls
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LIBREVILLE
ABUJA
FREETOWN YAMOUSSOUKRO
BISSAU
NOUAKCHOTT
BAMAKO
OUAGADOUGOU
LOMÉ
PORTO-NOVO
NIAMEY
TU N IS
TRIPOLI
NDJAMENA
RABAT
ALGIERS
MONROVIA
CONAKRY
DAKAR
ACCRA
BRAZZAVILLE
YAOUNDÉ BANGUI
CAIRO
KHARTOUM
JUBA
LUANDA
KINSHASA
ADDIS ABABA
MOGADISHU
NAIROBI
KAMPALA
MORONI
Mamoudzou
KIGALI
BUJUMBURA
DODOMA
ASMARA
DJIBOUTI
MBABANE
BLOEMFONTEIN
CAPE TOWN
MASERU
WINDHOEK
LILONGWE
ANTANANARIVO
HARARE
LUSAKA
PRETORIA
(TSHWANE)
MAPUTO
PRAIA
GABORONE
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Western Sahara
(disputed territory
under Moroccan
occupation)
SOUTH
AFRICA
LESOTHO
SWAZILAND
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE
ZAMBIA
ANGOLA
MALAWI
COMOROS
MAYOTTE
(to France)
TANZANIA
BURUNDI
RWANDA
DEM REP
CONGO
GABON
SÃO TOMÉ &
PRÍNCIPE KENYA
SOUTH
CENTRAL AFRICAN SUDAN
REPUBLIC
ETHIOPIA
GUINEA NIGERIA
GUINEA-
BISSAU DJIBOUTI
CHAD
SUDAN
SENEGAL NIGER ERITREA
MALI
MAURITANIA
EGYPT
LIBYA
ALGERIA
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Cabinda
(to Angola)
africa
sÃo tomÉ
and prÍncipe
The volcanic
islands of São Tomé and
Príncipe form a republic with
a population of 194,000.
São Tomé, the larger island,
lies just north of the equator.
cape Verde
The independent republic of
the Cape Verde islands lies
385 miles (620 km) off
the coast of Senegal,
in the Atlantic Ocean.
The islands have a
population of 546,000,
but almost twice
this number of
Cape Verdeans
live abroad.
mining
africans have been mining and
processing minerals, including iron
ore, copper, and gold, for more than
two thousand years. gold mined in the forest
country of western africa was carried across the
sahara by african traders and exported to
europe and asia. during the colonial period,
mining was intensified. today, south africa,
Zimbabwe, Zambia, and democratic republic of
the congo possess heavily industrialized mining
areas. these areas have yielded minerals such as
gold, diamond, copper, and uranium.
Horn of africa
Because of its shape, the
easternmost point of the African
continent is called the Horn of
Africa. It is one of the poorest
regions on Earth, with few
natural resources. Recent
droughts and civil wars
have killed
thousands of
people and
made many
more homeless.
game parks and
conserVation
the animal life of africa is
rich and varied. However in
the last century, numerous
animal and plant species
have been lost forever. as
the land has been turned
into farms and industrial
sites, many animals have
been driven from their
habitats. their numbers have
also been severely reduced by
hunters. to protect animals
from extermination, several
african governments have
set aside large game reserves
where hunting is prohibited.
masks and dance
masked dance is performed in many
communities in West and central africa
and plays an important part in social events.
once inside the costume, the person takes
on the character represented by the mask.
often parts of the body are exaggerated with
padding or pieces of wood (left). the dance
steps, songs, and sounds complete the costume
and energetically represent both the spirit world
and the world of humans.
StatiSticS
area: 11,608,000 sq miles
(30,065,000 sq km)
Population:
1,171,000,
Number of
independent countries:
54
Highest point:
kilimanjaro (tanzania),
19,340 ft (5,895 m)
Longest river: nile,
4,160 miles (6,695 km)
Largest lake: Lake
Victoria, 26,828 sq miles
(69,484 sq km)
Main occupation:
agriculture
0
0 400 800
400 800
ScaLE BaR
km
miles
Dogon dancers (right)
from Mali perform
a funeral dance.
Large-scale drilling equipment (above) is
used in the gold mining industry.
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Volcano Mountain Capital
city
Large
city/
town
Small
city/
town
Ancient
monument
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