20 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

in #travel8 years ago

Africa's Sahara desert is twice the size of the United States of America and the largest in the world. See more amazing facts here;

How well do you know the most populous black race and continent of the world "Africa". Here are some amazing facts you might not know about Africa

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Map of Africa

FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

  1. The oldest humans ever discovered were found in Ethiopia (East Africa) approximately 200,000 years ago
  2. Africa is the second largest and most populous continent in the world
  3. The longest river in the world is located in Africa (River Nile)
  4. Victoria falls is the largest waterfalls in the world. Interesting right?
  5. Africa is the hottest continent and Djibouti (East Africa)is the hottest place and country in the world.
  6. The worlds tallest animal, the Giraffe lives in Africa
  7. The fastest land animal in the world lives in Africa "Cheetah". Not Steemit's Cheetah. Lol
  8. Over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of Africa
  9. 90% of the world's malaria cases is actually reported in Africa...so sad
  10. Africa has 54 sovereign countries, the largest in any continent
  11. Nearly half of all the gold ever mined in history has come from Witwatersrand, South Africa
  12. Guinea is the world's largest exporter of Bauxite
  13. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has 30% of the world's Diamond reserve
  14. Nigeria is one of the largest producers of Crude oil in the world
  15. There's a beer obtained from Banana in Africa
  16. The Serengeti (Tanzania) hosts the world's largest wildlife migration on Earth
  17. Most of the world's fastest runner hail from a single tribe in Kenya called "Kalenjins"
  18. The world's oldest educational institution is still functioning in Africa. University of Al-Karaouine, Morocco
  19. The South African Rovos Rail is considered the most luxurious in the world
  20. No Tigers exists in Africa

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Typical Africa Child

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Flags showing countries in Africa

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Haha the 7th one is really funny...Well all the facts are really interesting thanks for sharing.....

Thank you too for commenting

Facts so lovely.

Thanks man
Its nice seeing you again on this platform

The western sahara belong to Morocco, and The oldest humans ever discovered were foundthis year in morocco approximately 300,000 years ago. thank you for your post

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I know about half of the facts, and I'm surprised to learn about the other half I didn't know about. Very interesting! I'm glad I was able to learn something new about Africa today :D

Thank you so much @jedau
Glad you found this post educative. Hoping to learn a few things about Philippine soon from you