Tag: africa - location, political divisions and physical features

Seychelles, the smallest country by area (451 square km), is also the least populated sovereign African nation with a population of about 94,228 people.

Latitudinal Extent of Africa is $37^0N$ to $35^0S$ whereas the longitudinal extent being $51^0E$ to $16^0W$. It is one of the most populated continent. Also it is the second largest continent measuring about 30.3 million km2 with about 54 countries in it and approximately 3000 native languages.

There are 54 countries located in Africa. Aside from 54 recognized states, there are two states whose independence is disputed (Western Sahara and Somaliland). The United Nations states that there are 54 countries in Africa. By land area, Algeria is the largest country on the continent.

Grasslands go by many names. In the U.S. Midwest, they're often called prairies. In South America, they're known as pampas. Central Eurasian grasslands are referred to as steppes.

Perhaps the most recognisable of East Africa’s tribes, the Maasai (or Masai or Masaai) are a semi-nomadic tribe in southern Kenya & Tanzania. Although they have their own language, Maa, most can speak both English and Swahili as well. With their pierced, stretched earlobes, ornamental bead-work & vivid, brightly coloured attire, the image of the Maasai warrior watching over his herd is a postcard memory of East Africa.

Thousands of Bushmen lived in the vast expanse of the Kalahari Desert for many millennia. But today most have been moved, many argue forcibly, to government-built resettlement camps far from the reserve. There are an estimated 100,000 Bushmen across southern Africa, mainly in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.

The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows into Ghana from Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main part of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In the northwest, the Black Volta forms the international boundaries between the Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. The Volta flows southward along Akwapim-Togoland highlands, and it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Guinea at Ada. It has a smaller tributary river, the Oti, which enters Ghana from Togo in the east. The Volta River has been dammed at Akosombo for the purpose of generating hydroelectricity. The reservoir named Lake Volta stretches from Akosombo in the south to the northern part of the country, thus being one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the world