Africa as a continent is a unique, fun and lovely continent with a huge history, below are facts about Africa:

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Africa continent is the most centrally located of all of the continents with both the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude) and the equator (0 degrees latitude) passing through it.

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Egypt is the most popular tourist destination in Africa, attracting around more than 10 million visitors per year.

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Four of the five fastest land animals reside in Africa continent: the cheetah, the wildebeest, the lion, and the Thomson's gazelle.

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Africa is the second biggest continent in the world.

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The current population of Africa is nearly one billion people

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The deserts of Tunisia housed the original Star Wars movie sets for the film's planet Tatooine


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Africa is the home of the Human species, which developed there about 5 million years ago.

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The world's largest living land animal live in Africa, the African elephant, which can weigh between 6 and 7 tons

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The Nile River, at the northeastern edge of Africa, is the longest river in the world with a total length of 4,132 miles (6,650 kilometers)

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Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with an estimated population of 145 -160 million people.

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Africa makes up about 16% of the world's population, fully one quarter of the world's languages are spoken only in Africa

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More people are killed in Africa by crocodiles than by lions.

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The world's largest desert, the Sahara, is located in Africa.

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There are over 1,500 different languages in Africa.

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Central eastern Africa is believed by most scientists to be the origin place of both humans and great apes

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The Nile is the longest river in the world, flowing through Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt is in Africa.

Please note that this is not by any means comprehensive list of facts about African continent. There are more stories and facts than we have the Time and Money to Tell!  feel free to add more facts about Africa in this thread.

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