Africa is a land with full of history like the 10 plague of Egypt, the longest river in the world and the widest desert in the world. But there are numerous histories that can be found in Africa aside from these three. The 2nd world’s largest continent is Africa after Asia.
It is also considered as world’s second most populous continent. Africa has the total land area at about 11.7 million of square mi and 30.2 million kilometers including the separated islands which covers at about 6 percent total surface of the earth. It also covers the 20.4% of the land around the world. The African facts of 2009 chart table stated that this country has a 1 billion people which accounts the human population of the world at about 14.72%.
The Africa continent is surrounded with different types of water such as Mediterranean, red sea, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Suez Canal and Sinai Peninsula. This continent includes various archipelagoes. This is where Madagascar will be found. It has 9 territories, 54 sovereign states which is fully recognized and states of 3 de facto that has a limited recognition. The continent of Africa particularly the eastern side is more in scientific community. They believe on the origin of the humans or the great apes (hominidae clade).
In the time of 1950’s, this country is in the process of awakening and in the process of independence. During the 1960′s, Africa has only 31 countries because Sahara became independent and this is the time where the notable progress begins.
In late 1970′s, this country was under in Limbo Development which is proved difficult. The ethnic and regional conflicts became out of control. During the cold war of the Russia and USA, the African countries suffered a lot of disasters and were affected by the oil price increase. In the 1980′s, Africa is a continent of suffering, starvation and hunger especially in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Civil wars also manifested in Sudan, Angola, Southern Africa and Mozambique that largely affect the economy of the country. African facts stated that during 1990′s, this continent suffered from crisis and stagnation of economy is continuously deteriorating. Massive people are having AIDS or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome that threaten the life of the families and the general societies.
There are numerous countries in Africa that has their own belief like Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria which is the most popular among the rest. Africa has 40 different countries with numerous types of dialects and languages. There are 800 dialects and languages in Africa that used by numerous kinds of people in this continent based on the 1993 survey. But there are only 10 cultural languages mostly used by millions of people.
The African facts are a story, definition and knowledge about this continent. It is designed to know all the information of this country and spread it to different kind of interested people. If you have an idea of visiting this country, it is good to know all about African facts.