- Africa, the second-largest continent
- Its bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.
- Africa is divided in half almost equally by the equator.
- The continent includes the islands of Cape Verde, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros.
- Africa is a continent comprising 62 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earths surface.
- It includes, within its remarkably regular outline, including adjacent islands.
- Africa is, in the field of geography, usually divided into 4 main following parts:
- Northern Africa - predominantly Muslim, Arabic with dry and arid/semiarid climate conditions; mainly French speaking.
- Western Africa - mixed Christian/Muslim population with higher level of precipitation in the average than the North Africa.
- Eastern Africa - mixed Christian/Muslim population, very attractive for tourism (especially Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, and Mozambique).
- Southern Africa - majority of the population Christian with the Republic of South Africa being the center of tourism; mainly English speaking.