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 | Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people (as of 2009, see table) in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.72% of the World's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent has 54 states, including Madagascar, various island groups, and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a member state of the African Union whose statehood is disputed by Morocco. Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones. Afri was the name of several peoples who dwelt in North Africa near Carthage. Their name is usually connected with Phoenician afar, "dust", but a 1981 theory has asserted that it stems from a Berber word ifri or Ifran meaning "cave", in reference to cave dwellers. Africa or Ifri or Afer is name of Banu Ifran from Algeria and Tripolitania (Berber Tribe of Yafran) . Other etymologies that have been postulated for the ancient name "Africa": At the beginning of the Mesozoic Era, Africa was joined with Earth's other continents in Pangaea. Africa shared the supercontinent's relatively uniform fauna which was dominated by theropods, prosauropods and primitive ornithischians by the close of the Triassic period. Late Triassic fossils are found through-out Africa, but are more common in the south than north. The boundary separating the Triassic and Jurassic marks the advent of an extinction event with global impact, although African strata from this time period have not been thoroughly studied. Midway through the Mesozoic, about 150–160 million years ago, Madagascar separated from Africa, although it remained connected to India and the rest of the Gondwanan landmasses. Fossils from Madagascar include abelisaurs and titanosaurs. Later into the Early Cretaceous epoch, the India-Madagascar landmass separated from the rest of Gondwana. By the Late Cretaceous, Madagascar and India had permanently split ways and continued until later reaching their modern configurations. During the Cretaceous, Africa was populated by allosauroids and spinosaurids, including the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs. Titanosaurs were significant herbivores in its ancient ecosystems. Cretaceous sites are more common than Jurassic ones, but are often unable to be dated radiometrically making it difficult to know their exact ages. Paleontologist Louis Jacobs, who spent time doing field work in Malawi,[citation needed] says that African beds are "in need of more field work" and will prove to be a "fertile ground ... for discovery. |
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How to Get Immunizations for Africa :
How to Get Immunizations for Africa. Africa is the second largest continent in the world, made up of diverse geographic regions and climates. Certain preventable illnesses are ...
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How to Stay Safe in Africa :
How to Stay Safe in Africa. A trip to Africa may be exciting and memorable, but dangers also lurk around every corner. In many cities, violent crime against tourists has become ...
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wikiHow has Africa how to articles with step-by-step instructions and photos. ... Keep Safe and Travel Carefully in South Africa. Keep Safe in Nairobi ...
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How to Find a nude beach in South Africa :
How to Find a nude beach in South Africa. Nude Beaches are increasing in popularity. As our society lowers its inhibitions, we are finding freedom in letting go of some previously ...
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um Africa is a country....duh!Duh yourself, Africa is not a country, it is a continent, with over 40 countries within it.To be...
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Africa is south of Asia and Europe, west of Australia, east of South America, and north of Antarctica.In: Distances and Travel Times : Africa : GeographyWho is africa?
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Entry: Africa Noun- Semantic (n) - Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
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Africa Sahara, The West Coast, East and South Africa, Madagascar Mythologies abound in Africa. ... Nevertheless, West Africa is the part of the continent with ...
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Africa - WorldAtlas.com
With facts and figures, map links, and country information for each country in Africa.
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Exhibition on Kasturba Gandhi opened in S Africa
Durban, Mar 21, (PTI) An exhibition on Kasturba Gandhi, wife of the Mahatma, has been officially opened here in the courthouse where the man destined to become a world icon encountered his first humiliating experience in South Africa that set him on the path of 'Satyagraha'.
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S Africa marks 1960 massacre
South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, an iconic moment in the anti-apartheid struggle.
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outside of Columbus, Ohio, Greif has approximately 160 operations in Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, South America and Asia Pacific. For Company information, please
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MO-St. Louis, Position Overview and Responsibilities: Fleishman-Hillard, Inc. seeks a talented mid- to senior-level professional communicator with a strong knowledge of and passion for all areas of internal communications/employee communications. This person will lead client accounts focused on a variety of internal issues, with an emphasis on: · ...
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MO-St. Louis, Position Overview and Responsibilities: Fleishman-Hillard, one of the world’s leading communications agencies, has an immediate opening in St. Louis for a talented professional communicator with knowledge of and passion for benefits communications. This person will support client accounts focused on a variety of internal issues incl...
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groups (i.e. US, Canada, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe/Middle East/Africa, as appropriate) in the ongoing management of Abbott's product lines (
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