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Nature

The world's longest river , the Nile and the world's largest desert, the Sahara , both are home in Africa.

Position

Africa is the most centrally located continent in the world. Both the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), and the equator (0 degrees latitude) cut across it.

Languages

Around 2,000 different languages are spoken in Africa and each of them have different dialects while Arabic is the language that is most widely spoken in the African continent.

Animals

Both the world's tallest and largest land animals both come from Africa. They are the giraffe and African elephant, respectively.

Coastline

Africa has the shortest coastline despite being the second largest continent in the world.

Religious

Islam is the dominant religion in Africa. Christianity is the second. Arabic is also the most widely-spoken language in Africa.

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