Africa

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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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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

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Kumasi continent Africa
municipality of Telde locatedWestOf Africa
subject surface form: Telde
province of Las Palmas belongsToContinent Africa
this entity surface form: Africa (geographically)
Franco-Mauritian continent Africa
Creole continent Africa
subject surface form: Creole (Mauritius)
Jebba Dam continent Africa
Tell Atlas continent Africa
W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture, Accra, Ghana continent Africa
subject surface form: W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture
Griqualand West continent Africa
Kafr El-Meselha continent Africa
Ardeotis nativeTo Africa
Wipro Enterprises (consumer care and lighting, infrastructure engineering) servesMarket Africa
subject surface form: Wipro Enterprises (P) Limited
Pimville continent Africa
Naledi continent Africa
Rea Vaya bus rapid transit continent Africa
subject surface form: Rea Vaya
Orlando Stadium continent Africa
JSE Limited continent Africa
Precious continentOfCitizenship Africa
subject surface form: Precious Moloi-Motsepe
SLM regionServed Africa
subject surface form: Sanlam Limited