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.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include West Africa and Southern Africa.
West Africa
West Africa is the most densely populated area in Africa.
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is marked by sub-tropical, semiarid…
North Africa
In North Africa, beautiful mosques, bustling markets…
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as East Africa and Central Africa.
East Africa
East Africa is the part of Africa around and east…
Central Africa
Central Africa is a region of Africa bounded by the…
East African Islands
The East African Islands are in the Indian Ocean off…
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Latitude of center
1° north
Longitude of center
24° east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = continent
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Africa” goes by many names.
АфрикаAbkhazian
AfrikaAchinese
АфрикэAdyghe
AfrikaAfrikaans
Afrika-kontinentAfrikaans
vasteland van AfrikaAfrikaans
AfrikaAlbanian
AfrikëAlbanian
إفريقياAlgerian Arabic
አፍሪቃAmharic
ἈφρικὴAncient Greek (to 1453)
अफ्रीकाAngika
أفريقياArabic
إفريقيةArabic
القارة الأفريقيةArabic
AfricaAragonese
ԱֆրիկաArmenian
AfricaArpitan
আফ্ৰিকাAssamese
ÁfricaAsturian
XwecoAtayal
АфрикаAvaric
अफ्रिकाAwadhi
AphrikaAymara
AfrikaAzerbaijani
AfrikaBalinese
AfrikaBambara
AprikaBanjar
АфрикаBashkir
AfrikaBasque
AfrikaBatak Mandailing
AprikaBatak Toba
AfrikaBavarian
АфрыкаBelarusian
আফ্রিকাBengali
AprikaBetawi
अफ़्रीकाBhojpuri
ऍफ़्रिकाBhojpuri
আফ্রিকাBishnupriya
AfrikaBislama
AfirkaBole
AfrikaBosnian
AfríkáBrahui
AfrikaBreton
АфрикаBulgarian
အာဖရိကBurmese
ÀfricaCatalan
continent africàCatalan
AprikaCebuano
AprikaCentral Bikol
AfricaCentral Kanuri
ئەفریقاCentral Kurdish
ئەفریقیاCentral Kurdish
ئەفریکاCentral Kurdish
AfricaChamorro
AfricaChavacano
АфрикаChechen
ᎬᎿᎦᏍᏛCherokee
Mo’hetaneho’eCheyenne
陽光之地Chinese
非洲Chinese
非洲大陸Chinese
黑暗大陸Chinese
黑暗的大陸Chinese
АфрїкаChurch Slavic
АфрикаChuvash
AfrikaCornish
AfricaCorsican
AfrikaCrimean Tatar
AfrikaCroatian
AfrikaCzech
AfricaDagbani
AfrikaDagbani
AfrikaDanish
AfrikaDimli (individual language)
ApirïkaDinka
अफ्रिकाDotyali
AfricaDuala
AfrikaDuala
AfrikaDutch
Afrikaans continentDutch
ཨཕ་རི་ཀ་Dzongkha
АфрикаEastern Mari
افريقياEgyptian Arabic
AfricaEmilian
Африка МасторErzya
AfrikoEsperanto
AafrikaEstonian
AfrikaEwe
ÁfricaExtremaduran
Africa(Ebibirim)Fanti
EbibimanFanti
AfirikaFarefare
Nɛresabega tiŋaFarefare
AfrikaFaroese
AfricaFiji Hindi
AferikaFijian
AfrikkaFinnish
AflikaFon
AfrikaFon
AfricheFriulian
AfirikFulah
AfrikFulah
AfrikaGagauz
ÁfricaGalician
非洲Gan Chinese
AfirikaGanda
აფრიკაGeorgian
AfricaGhanaian Pidgin English
آفريقاGilaki
آفریقاGilaki
आफ्रिका खंडGoan Konkani
𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳Gothic
𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰Gothic
ΑφρικήGreek
AfricaGuarani
ÁfrikaGuarani
AhyrikaGuarani
LafrikGuianese Creole French
આફ્રિકાGujarati
AflikaGun
AfrikHaitian
Fî-chûHakka Chinese
AfirkaHausa
ʻApelikaHawaiian
אפריקהHebrew
अंधेरा महाद्वीपHindi
अफ़्रीकाHindi
AfrikaHungarian
AfrikaIban
AfríkaIcelandic
AfrikaIdo
AfrịkaIgbo
EluàlàIgbo
AprikaIloko
AfrikInari Sami
AfrikaIndonesian
benua AfrikaIndonesian
АфрикаIngush
АьприкIngush
AfricaInterlingua
AfricaInterlingue
ᐊᑉᕆᖄInuktitut
ApirikaqInupiaq
AprikaInupiaq
AfraicIrish
An AfraicIrish
mór-roinn na hAfraiceIrish
AfricaItalian
AfrikaJamaican Creole English
Afrikan kantinentJamaican Creole English
AfurikaJapanese
アフリカJapanese
アフリカ大陸Japanese
阿Japanese
阿州Japanese
阿弗利加Japanese
阿弗利加大陸Japanese
阿洲Japanese
AfrikaJavanese
AfriqueJèrriais
A̱frikaJju
АфрикэKabardian
Afrɩka tɛtʊ tɔmKabiyè
TafriktKabyle
TafriqtKabyle
AfrikaKalaallisut
АприкKalmyk
ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾKannada
ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಎರಡನೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಭೂಖಂಡKannada
AfrikaKara-Kalpak
Afrika kontinentiKara-Kalpak
АфрикаKarachay-Balkar
AfùrkaKarekare
اَفرٛیٖقاKashmiri
اَفریٖقہKashmiri
AfrikaKashubian
АфрикаKazakh
អាហ្វ្រិកKhmer
AbĩrikaKikuyu
АфрикаKildin Sami
AfurikaKinyarwanda
АфрикаKirghiz
AffrekahKölsch
AfrikaKomering
АфрикаKomi
АфрикаKomi-Permyak
AfelikaKongo
검은 대륙Korean
아불리가Korean
아주Korean
아프리카Korean
AfrikaKotava
AfrîkaKurdish
AfricaLadin
AfrikaLadino
ທະວີບອາຟຣິກາLao
ອາຟຣິກາLao
AfrikaLatgalian
AfricaLatin
ĀfrikaLatvian
АфрикаLezghian
AfricaLigurian
AfrikaLimburgan
AfilíkaLingala
AfricaLingua Franca Nova
阿非利加洲Literary Chinese
AfrikaLithuanian
AfriekkuLivvi
frikytu’aLojban
AfricaLombard
AfrikaLow German
AfrikaLower Sorbian
AfrikaLuxembourgish
AfricaMacedo-Romanian
АфрикаMacedonian
अफ्रिकाMagahi
अफ्रिकाMaithili
AfrikaMalagasy
AfrikaMalay
افريکاMalay
ആഫ്രിക്കMalayalam
AfrikaMaltese
ꯑꯐꯔ꯭ꯤꯀꯥManipuri
Yn AffrickManx
ĀwherikaMaori
आफ्रिकाMarathi
آفریخاMazanderani
آفریقاMazanderani
Hĭ-ciŭMin Dong Chinese
阿非利加洲Min Dong Chinese
非洲Min Dong Chinese
Hui-chiuMin Nan Chinese
AfrikaMinangkabau
აფრიკაMingrelian
ÁfricaMirandese
АфриканьMoksha
АфрикасьMoksha
အာဖရိကMon
АфрикMongolian
إفريقياMoroccan Arabic
AfricaMossi
ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬N'Ko
AprikaNauru
Naakaii Łizhiní BikéyahNavajo
AfricaNeapolitan
AfricheNeapolitan
अफ्रिकाNepali
अफ्रिकाNewari
AfrikaNigerian Pidgin
AfrikooNorthern Frisian
آفریقاNorthern Luri
AfrihkáNorthern Sami
AfrikaNorwegian
AfrikaNorwegian Bokmål
AfrikaNorwegian Nynorsk
det afrikanske kontinentetNorwegian Nynorsk
AfrikaNovial
AfricaNupe-Nupe-Tako
AfilikaNyanja
AfricaNyanja
AfirikaObolo
AfricaOccitan (post 1500)
ܐܦܪܝܩܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
AffricaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଆଫ୍ରିକାOriya
AfrikaaOromo
АфрикæOssetian
အာဖရိကPa'o Karen
AprikaPampanga
AfrikaPangasinan
ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾPanjabi
AfrikaPapiamento
continente AfricanoPapiamento
AfrikaPedi
AfrikaaPennsylvania German
آفریقاPersian
AfrikePicard
ÀfricaPiemontese
AfrekaPitcairn-Norfolk
Afrekan kontenentPitcairn-Norfolk
AfrykaPolish
ΑφρικήνPontic
اپريکاPushto
افريقاPushto
AphirikaQuechua
AphrikaQuechua
AprikaQuechua
AfricaRomanian
continentul africanRomanian
AfricaRomansh
BufirikaRundi
АфрикаRussia Buriat
АфрикаRussian
АфрикаRusyn
‘非洲’u kaliyuhan nu sumamaday a niyazu’tatayna wlu amihcaan siwawatuSakizaya
AfricaSakizaya
AferikaSamoan
AfrėkaSamogitian
AfrîkaSango
आफ्रिकाखण्डःSanskrit
ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟSantali
افریقہSaraiki
ÀfricaSardinian
AfrikoaSaterfriesisch
AfricaeScots
AfragaScottish Gaelic
АфрикаSerbian
Афрички континентSerbian
AfrikaSerbo-Croatian
ဢႃႇၾရိၵShan
AfricaShona
AfurikaShona
ÀfricaSicilian
cuntinenti africanuSicilian
AfrikaSilesian
آفريڪاSindhi
අප්රිකාවSinhala
AfrikkSkolt Sami
AfrikaSlovak
AfrikaSlovenian
afriški kontinentSlovenian
črna celinaSlovenian
AfrikaSomali
آفریقاSouth Azerbaijani
AfrikaSouth Ndebele
I-AfrikaSouth Ndebele
AfricaSouthern Dagaare
Nensaale sɔgele paaloŋSouthern Dagaare
AafrikaSouthern Sami
AfrïjhkeSouthern Sami
AfrikaSouthern Sotho
AfrkaSranan Tongo
ⵜⴰⴼⵔⵉⵇⵜStandard Moroccan Tamazight
AfrikaSundanese
AfrikaSwahili
bara la AfrikaSwahili
Í-AfríkaSwati
AfrikaSwedish
AfrikaSwiss German
afrikanischer KontinentSwiss German
ꠀꠚ꠆ꠞꠤꠇꠣSylheti
TafriqtTachelhit
AprikaTagalog
’ĀfiritaTahitian
АфриқоTajik
AfrikəTalysh
ஆப்பிரிக்காTamil
ஆப்ரிக்காTamil
AfrikaTatar
А́фрикаTatar
ఆఫ్రికాTelugu
ఆఫ్రికా ఖండంTelugu
చీకటి ఖండంTelugu
ÁfrikaTetum
ทวีปแอฟริกาThai
แอฟริกาThai
ཨ་ཧྥེ་རི་ཁ།Tibetan
ኣፍሪቃTigrinya
AprikaTok Pisin
ʻAfelikaTonga (Tonga Islands)
ʻAfilikaTonga (Tonga Islands)
AafriikkaTornedalen Finnish
AfrikaTsonga
AferikaTswana
ಆಪ್ರಿಕೊTulu
ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾTulu
AfilikaTumbuka
AfrikaTumbuka
AfrikaTurkish
Afrika kıtasıTurkish
AfrikaTurkmen
АфрикаTuvinian
AbibimanTwi
AbibremTwi
Afi̱rikaTyap
tsung-a̱byin Afi̱rikaTyap
АфрикаUdmurt
ئافرىقاUighur
АфрикаUkrainian
Африканський континентUkrainian
континент АфрикаUkrainian
AfrikaUpper Sorbian
افریقاUrdu
افریقی براعظمUrdu
AfrikaUzbek
AfurikaVenda
ÀfricaVenetian
AfrikVeps
Châu PhiVietnamese
PhiVietnamese
Phi châuVietnamese
AfrikaVlaams
AfrikaVlax Romani
FrikopVolapük
AfrigaVõro
AfɩrɩkaWali (Ghana)
AfrikeWalloon
AprikaWaray (Philippines)
ApürikaWayuu
AffricaWelsh
Yr AffrigWelsh
ԱփրիկէWestern Armenian
AfrikaWestern Frisian
АфрикаWestern Mari
افریقاWestern Panjabi
AfrikkaaWolaytta
AfrigWolof
非洲Wu Chinese
I-AfrikaXhosa
АфрикаYakut
אפריקעYiddish
ÁfíríkàYoruba
ÁfríkàYoruba
Ilè ÁfíríkàYoruba
Orílè ÁfíríkàYoruba
非洲Yue Chinese
AfrikaZeeuws
FeihcouhZhuang
IAfrikaZulu
Afrikah
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