hello my name is Kylie and welcome to
world trip Africa in this video you'll
learn some amazing facts about the
countries within the Magnificent
continent of Africa ready to broaden
your mind on this trip
let's go because our world is so large
it has been divided into seven
geographic regions called continents to
make it easier to talk about the
countries within them the seven
continents are North America South
America Africa Europe Asia Australia and
Antarctica in this video we'll focus on
Africa be sure to watch our other videos
to learn about the other six continents
Africa is the second largest continent
in the world it is also the second most
populated continent it is surrounded by
water in all directions with the
Mediterranean Sea in the north the Suez
Canal and the Red Sea in the Northeast
the Indian Ocean in the east and
southeast and the Atlantic Ocean in the
West Africa occupies both the north and
southern hemispheres making it the only
continent experiencing both the northern
and southern temperature zones Africa is
the hottest continent on earth where a
lot of the land consists of deserts and
dry lands the equator runs through some
countries in Africa seven in fact the
equator is an imaginary line around the
earth dividing the earth into the
northern and the southern hemisphere
near the equator the temperature is
hotter and more humid than other parts
of the earth making it feel like summer
all year round
it contains the world's largest desert
the Sahara which is almost the size of
the entire United States of America
Africa also contains one of the world's
longest rivers the Nile River in Egypt
cutting through 11 countries
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest
mountain in Africa Africa is home to
some of the world's most amazing animals
like the tallest animal the giraffe the
deadliest land mammal the hippopotamus
and the largest animal on land the
elephant you can also find cheetahs
gorillas zebras rhinos lemurs and many
unique birds Wow
Africa is the most multilingual
continent in the whole world where
thousands of languages are spoken with
four major language families native to
this continent Arabic is a popular
language in Africa followed by English
Swahili and French interestingly there
are more french-speaking people in
Africa than in France Africa is the
continent with the most amount of
countries in it 54 with five main
geographic regions northern Africa
Eastern Africa Central Africa western
Africa and southern Africa let's look at
the countries within each region the
countries in northern Africa are Algeria
which is the largest country in Africa
and Egypt which is a very popular
tourist destination because of the
Egyptian ruins it also contains the
capital city Cairo which is Africa's
largest city you took this home to one
of the world's oldest civilizations the
pharaonic civilization you have probably
already heard about the ancient pyramids
and temples found in Egypt Egypt is a
transcontinental country which means it
is part of different continents Egypt
itself occupies the northeast corner of
Africa and also the southwest corner of
Asia which is also known as the Middle
East Wow
also in northern Africa Libya Morocco
which is the number one travel spot on
the continent of Africa Sudan and
Tunisia another popular travel spot
let's move on to Eastern Africa next we
have Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea
Ethiopia where the oldest human remains
were found Kenya Madagascar which is the
largest island in Africa and the fourth
largest island in the entire world
Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda and
the Seychelles which is a group of 115
awesome small islands making it a
popular beach destination continuing in
this region Somalia South Sudan and
Tanzania home to the Serengeti where
thousands of animals migrate or
seasonally move to a new area you have
probably seen images of zebras
impressively marching in large herds
finally in the eastern region of Africa
we have Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe home
to one of the world's seven natural
wonders Victoria Falls which is the
largest waterfall in the whole world
let's travel the Central Africa now
looking at the countries we have Angola
Cameroon the Central African Republic
chod the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and the Republic of the Congo
finally you can find Equatorial Guinea
Gabon and sau Tomei and príncipe okay
now for the countries in western Africa
Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia
Ghana Guinea guinea-bissau Ivory Coast
Liberia Mali and Mauritania continuing
in this region we find Nigeria which has
the largest population in Africa Nazaire
Senegal Sierra Leone and Togo finally in
southern Africa Botswana Lesotho Namibia
and South Africa which is the second
most popular vacation spot in Africa and
finally s wa tini which was formerly
Swaziland now 54 countries in the
amazing continent of Africa which region
do you want to visit while you dream
about the deserts and animals found in
Africa you can practice what you learned
in our fun online games and quizzes and
remember to always be clever
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