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
Description of Africa	2
Africa (Commonwealth countries)	1
Africa (UNESCO region)	1
Africa (UNESCO)	1
All Africa	1
أفريقيا	1
إفريقيا	1

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.

Romance languages → areSpokenIn → Africa ⓘ

Spain → formerColonyEstablishedIn → Africa ⓘ

South Africa → continent → Africa ⓘ

Cairo → locatedIn → Africa ⓘ

Cairo → continent → Africa ⓘ

Great Pyramid of Giza → continent → Africa ⓘ

Nazlet El-Semman → continent → Africa ⓘ

Faculty of Economics and Political Science → continent → Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine → continent → Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University

Institute of Statistical Studies and Research → continent → Africa ⓘ

African Research and Studies Institute → regionOfFocus → Africa ⓘ

Mango → widelyConsumedIn → Africa ⓘ

Ford Transit → market → Africa ⓘ

Chevrolet → areaServed → Africa ⓘ

Treaty of Tordesillas → continentAffected → Africa ⓘ

Age of Imperialism → location → Africa ⓘ

ancient city of Memphis → region → Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

Egyptian National Railways network → continent → Africa ⓘ

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi → continentOfCitizenship → Africa ⓘ

FedEx → operatesIn → Africa ⓘ

Benedictines → regionServed → Africa ⓘ

West African languages → continent → Africa ⓘ

Congo River mouth → continent → Africa ⓘ

Canary Islands → continent → Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa (geographically)

Pyramid of Khafre → continent → Africa ⓘ

Eastern Hemisphere → includesContinent → Africa ⓘ

Eastern Hemisphere → containsMostOf → Africa ⓘ

Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence → continent → Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University

Bureau of African Affairs → continentOfFocus → Africa ⓘ

Rastafari movement → spreadTo → Africa ⓘ

Uber → operatesIn → Africa ⓘ

Algeria → continent → Africa ⓘ

Patrice Motsepe → businessRegion → Africa ⓘ

African Union → continent → Africa ⓘ

South African rand → continent → Africa ⓘ

Ghana’s Ga District (friendship city) → locatedOnContinent → Africa ⓘ

Eugène Marais → continentOfCitizenship → Africa ⓘ

Alliance for Affordable Internet → regionServed → Africa ⓘ

Golden Jubilee 2002 → location → Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa (Commonwealth countries)

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → continent → Africa ⓘ

Aquila → distribution → Africa ⓘ

Roman Republic → continent → Africa ⓘ

Liberia → continent → Africa ⓘ

Commonwealth of Learning → regionServed → Africa ⓘ

Lake Assal → locatedOnContinent → Africa ⓘ

Lake Assal → lowestPointOf → Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: African continent

Ethiopian Highlands → continent → Africa ⓘ

International Workers’ Day → observedIn → Africa ⓘ

Sciuridae → foundIn → Africa ⓘ

Numididae → nativeRange → Africa ⓘ