Africa

E1402
continent

Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, known for its vast cultural diversity, rich natural resources, and significant historical and ecological importance.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Africa canonical 12,727
African continent 17
Africa (geographically) 4

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continent ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
continentRankByArea 2 ⓘ
continentRankByPopulation 2 ⓘ
coversEarthLandSurface about 20.4 percent ⓘ
crossedByLine Equator ⓘ
Tropic of Cancer ⓘ
Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
hasLargestCountryByArea Algeria ⓘ
hasLargestLake Lake Victoria ⓘ
hasLongestRiver Nile ⓘ
hasLowestPoint Lake Assal ⓘ
hasMajorDesert Kalahari Desert ⓘ
Namib Desert ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicCommunity Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: COMESA

EAC ⓘ
ECOWAS ⓘ
Southern African Development Community ⓘ
surface form: SADC
hasMajorEnvironmentalIssue biodiversity loss ⓘ
climate change vulnerability ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
desertification ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Madagascar ⓘ
hasMajorLanguageFamily Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic languages

Khoisan languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
hasMajorMountainRange Atlas Mountains ⓘ
Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Congo River mouth ⓘ
surface form: Congo River

Niger River ⓘ
Zambezi River ⓘ
hasMostPopulousCountry Nigeria ⓘ
hasNumberOfCountries 54 ⓘ
hasNumberOfDependentTerritories several ⓘ
hasNumberOfRecognizedSovereignStates 54 ⓘ
hasPopulation over 1.4 billion people ⓘ
hasRegionalOrganization African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
African Union ⓘ
hasRichInNaturalResource cobalt ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
manganese ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
phosphates ⓘ
platinum ⓘ
hasSignificantBiome Mediterranean climate regions ⓘ
desert ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasSubregion Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
hasTimeZoneRange UTC−1 to UTC+4 ⓘ
hasTotalArea about 11.7 million square miles ⓘ
about 30.37 million square kilometers ⓘ
highestPointElevation 5895 meters ⓘ
isCradleOf human evolution ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet Earth ⓘ
lowestPointElevation about 155 meters below sea level ⓘ

Referenced by (12,756)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnegie Corporation of New York → operatesIn → Africa ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean → boundedBy → Africa ⓘ
Roman Catholicism → hasMajorRegionOfAdherents → Africa ⓘ
Giza → continent → Africa ⓘ
Cairo University → regionServed → Africa ⓘ
Point Four Program → targetRegion → Africa ⓘ
Earth → hasContinent → Africa ⓘ
Equator → passesThrough → Africa ⓘ
Europe → borderedBy → Africa ⓘ
Terminal 4 → regionServed → Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Terminal 4 (JFK)
Cold War → hasLocation → Africa ⓘ
Spanish Empire → continent → Africa ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center → worksIn → Africa ⓘ
Egypt → continent → Africa ⓘ
African Academy of Sciences → continentServed → Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe → continent → Africa ⓘ
Gombe Stream Research Centre → continent → Africa ⓘ
Jane Goodall Institute → operatesIn → Africa ⓘ
Roman Empire → continent → Africa ⓘ
Christmas → observedIn → Africa ⓘ
Faculty of Mass Communication → continent → Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University
Arab world → hasContinent → Africa ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea → borderedByContinent → Africa ⓘ
Libya → continent → Africa ⓘ
Anglican Communion → hasGlobalPresence → Africa ⓘ
International Organization for Migration → hasRegionalOffices → Africa ⓘ
Nigeria → continent → Africa ⓘ
Cape Colony → locatedIn → Africa ⓘ
Testudinidae → distribution → Africa ⓘ
Third World → geographicalFocus → Africa ⓘ
ACM Distinguished Speaker Program → geographicCoverage → Africa ⓘ
North Africa → continent → Africa ⓘ
Tunisia → continent → Africa ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa → continentServed → Africa ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa → regionServed → Africa ⓘ
Middle East → continentLocation → Africa ⓘ
Interwar period → location → Africa ⓘ
Stellantis → operatesInRegion → Africa ⓘ
World War I → location → Africa ⓘ
British Empire → continent → Africa ⓘ
Alexandria → locatedInContinent → Africa ⓘ
AMBA → operatesIn → Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Association of MBAs
PayPal → supportsRegion → Africa ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → continent → Africa ⓘ
Society of Jesus → historicallyActiveIn → Africa ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for Africa → regionServed → Africa ⓘ
Columbian Exchange → connects → Africa ⓘ
Atlas Mountains → continent → Africa ⓘ
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → hasGlobalPresenceIn → Africa ⓘ
Technical Cooperation Administration → operatedIn → Africa ⓘ