10 facts about the most mysterious continent of the planet

We all know about the existence of the African continent from childhood, but what exactly do we know about Africa, what can we say about it? Perhaps we will start by exploring the most interesting and amazing facts about her!

Africa covers 22 percent of the total land area of ​​the planet, making it the second largest continent among the rest.

In Africa, given the island states nearby and the contested Western Sahara, there are 54 different sovereign states.

The total number of their population is about a billion people. An incredible population explosion has been observed in Africa over the past 40 years, as a result of which the average age of the inhabitants of many of its states does not exceed 25 years.

The inhabitants of the African continent use about two thousand languages ​​for communication, but the most widely spread is still the Arabic language with its various dialects.

Nigeria is Africa's leader in population. The number of its inhabitants is 145 million.

And Cairo is the most populous African city, about 17 million people live here.

On this continent, the country with the largest territory - 2.5 million km² - is considered Sudan, and with the smallest - 453 km² - Seychelles.

In Africa, there are approximately three thousand different ethnic groups.

The Nile River flows through the entire continent and is considered the longest river on the planet, whose path is 6650 km.

Africa Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, with a surface area of ​​69,490 km²

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