Is Africa a Country or a Continent?

Africa is not a Country it is a Continent, in fact, Africa is the world’s second-largest continent. Africa is so big that it can fit India, China, Europe, and the US and still leave some more space to fit small countries. With its 30.37 million km² it fits 54 countries and has a total population of over 1.216 billion people in the Northern, West African, East Africa, Central and Southern African regions.

Africa is located in between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north is the Mediterranean Sea.

Africa is simply not a country because it doesn’t have a single or similar military or political system in the way that countries do.

All the 54 countries above are independent have different governments.

You may believe that the response to this issue is a no-brainer, but it is interesting that our colleagues in the West and the rest of the world may believe otherwise. So from today on if someone asks you if Africa is a Country just send share this article with them.

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Africa comprises more than 54 sovereign States, 9 regions and two de facto autonomous countries with little or no acceptance. 32 of the 54 nations are more focused on the southern hemisphere, including Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa and a number of other common nations. Africa is the biggest of the three elevated eastward predictions from the landmass of the biggest earth. Its shoreline is approximately 26,000 km long and has no profound indentations on its coasts.

Here are some facts about Africa that you didn’t know:

• The majority, almost half, of the gold in the globe comes from South Africa.
• Lake Retba, found in Senegal is a pink lake in Africa. It’s a lake made by people and is the world’s largest.
• Farmers use “Beehive fences” in certain areas of Africa to help prevent elephant disturbance without hurting elephants.
• Collectively, more human fossils have been generated in South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia than any other nation.
• The constitution of South Africa is said to be the world’s finest constitution.
• Incorporated in the Mozambique flag, is an AK-47 rifle symbolizes the nation’s fight for autonomy.
• There is a tribe in Africa, Mursi Tribe, where women pierce their lips and insert plates that are as large are 5 inches in diameter, inside them(lips).
• Countries across Africa are taking a step of banning plastic bags to save the environment and, consequently, it is illegal, in some countries, to be found with a plastic paper bag.

Read more on African Facts Here.

SUMMARY

• A country is a part of a continent defined by certain geographical regions.
• A continent is a very large landmass usually with several countries inside of it, and it’s separated by water in most cases from any other landmass.

• Africa is a Continent, not a Country

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