Republic South Africa
Africa Facts
Map Africa | Africa, second largest of the Earth’s seven continents, covering 30,244,000 sq km (11,677,000 sq mi), including its adjacent islands. It comprises 23 percent of the world’s total land area. In 2000 some 13 percent of the world’s population, an estimated 797 million people, lived in Africa, making it the world’s second most populous continent, after Asia. |
Cameroon Facts
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Map Cameroon
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Cameroon, republic in West Africa, bounded on the north by Lake Chad; on the east by Chad and the Central African Republic; on the south by the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea; and on the west by Bight of Biafra (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) and Nigeria. The country is shaped like an elongated triangle, and forms a brigde between western Africa and Central Africa. The country has a total area of 475,442 Sq Km (183,569 sq mi). Yaooundé is the capital, and Douala is the largest city. |
