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1 day ago · Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.
1 day ago · West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).
1 day ago · Four sites are shared between two countries: Maloti-Drakensberg Park ( Lesotho and South Africa ), the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve ( Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea ), the Stone Circles of Senegambia ( the Gambia and Senegal ), and Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls ( Zambia and Zimbabwe ). Two sites are shared among three countries: Sangha ...
1 day ago · Asia, Europe and Africa make up a single continuous landmass—Afro-Eurasia (except for the Suez Canal)—and share a common continental shelf. Almost all of Europe and a major part of Asia sit atop the Eurasian Plate , adjoined on the south by the Arabian and Indian Plate and with the easternmost part of Siberia (east of the Chersky Range ) on the North American Plate .
