Africa
Africa abounds with bustling metropolises, diverse people, and amazingly varied and beautiful landscapes. Africa is home to over 50 countries, more than any other continent in the world, and is the second largest continent in terms of both land area and population.
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Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.
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South Africa is a most epic country located in the world's most epic continent, with scenery and terrain ranging from dolphins and penguins on the Cape to the lions, buffalo and crocodiles of Kruger National Park, and from the breathtaking Table Mountain and Cape Point over Cape Town to the Kalahari Desert.Destinations
Central Africa is a region of Africa bounded by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the African Rift Valley in the east, the Sahel plains in the north, and the Zambezi basin in the south.
East Africa is a part of Africa around and east of the Great Rift Valley, a land feature stretching from the Red Sea to the Mozambique Channel.
The Sahel is a region of Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
Africa
- Population: 1,200,000,000
- Latitude of center: 1° north
- Longitude of center: 24° east
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