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.

French colonial empire → continent → Africa ⓘ

Tebu → continent → Africa ⓘ

Tuareg → continent → Africa ⓘ

2019 Global Climate Strike → location → Africa ⓘ

Regional Internet Registries → servesRegion → Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: AFRINIC

International Rice Research Institute → servesRegion → Africa ⓘ

Sinai Peninsula → continent → Africa ⓘ

Nairobi → continent → Africa ⓘ

AAS → continentServed → Africa ⓘ

Botswana pula → region → Africa ⓘ

Khami Ruins → continent → Africa ⓘ

Red Pyramid → continent → Africa ⓘ

Nubians → continent → Africa ⓘ

European Union crisis management operations → geographicScope → Africa ⓘ

Sugar → deploymentRegion → Africa ⓘ

Ethiopia → continent → Africa ⓘ

Southern Hemisphere → containsPartOf → Africa ⓘ

LBY → appliesToContinent → Africa ⓘ

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group → hasRegionCoverage → Africa ⓘ

Pyramid of Menkaure → continent → Africa ⓘ

Faculty of Law → locatedIn → Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Law, Cairo University

Iberian Peninsula → separatedFrom → Africa ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → continent → Africa ⓘ

Lake Victoria → continent → Africa ⓘ

Mizrahi Jews → continentOfOrigin → Africa ⓘ

Morocco → continent → Africa ⓘ

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus → continent → Africa ⓘ

Sabha → continent → Africa ⓘ

Indian Ocean → bordersContinent → Africa ⓘ

Nile → continent → Africa ⓘ

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean → continent → Africa ⓘ

Gabon → continent → Africa ⓘ

Harare → continent → Africa ⓘ

Mostafa Madbouly → continentOfCitizenship → Africa ⓘ

Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt → continent → Africa ⓘ

Rabat → continent → Africa ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → continent → Africa ⓘ

Tropic of Capricorn → passesThrough → Africa ⓘ

Nilo-Saharan languages → continent → Africa ⓘ

Suez Canal → continent → Africa ⓘ

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → continent → Africa ⓘ

Republic of the Congo → continent → Africa ⓘ

Eurasia → borders → Africa ⓘ

Eurasia → connectedTo → Africa ⓘ

Roman Antiquity → continent → Africa ⓘ

Mennonites → globalPresence → Africa ⓘ

Khoisan languages → continent → Africa ⓘ

Gauteng → continent → Africa ⓘ

Carnegie libraries → hasLocation → Africa ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → continent → Africa ⓘ