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⇒ The African continent has the second largest population in the world, at about one billion people.
⇒ Well over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of Africa. Some estimates put this number closer to two thousand.
⇒ The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old.
⇒ The longest river in the world, the Nile (4,132 miles), is located in Africa.
⇒ Africa has the world's largest desert, the Sahara, which is almost the size of the United States.
⇒ Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa; it is 355 feet high and one mile wide.
⇒ Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the continent.
⇒ It towers over 19,300 feet, which is so tall that glaciers can be found at its summit even though the mountain is near the equator.
⇒ Madagascar is the largest island in Africa and the fourth largest island in the world. It is in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of Africa.
⇒ Well over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of Africa. Some estimates put this number closer to two thousand.
⇒ The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old.
⇒ The longest river in the world, the Nile (4,132 miles), is located in Africa.
⇒ Africa has the world's largest desert, the Sahara, which is almost the size of the United States.
⇒ Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa; it is 355 feet high and one mile wide.
⇒ Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the continent.
⇒ It towers over 19,300 feet, which is so tall that glaciers can be found at its summit even though the mountain is near the equator.
⇒ Madagascar is the largest island in Africa and the fourth largest island in the world. It is in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of Africa.
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