History Of African Continent
The African continent is an admirable combination of postoral and rich socio-cultural activities and economic abundance. Africa is the world’s second largest and second must populous continent after Asia covering a land mass of about 30.2 million square kilometers (11.7 kilometer sq. milles) including adjacent island. It cover 6% of the earth total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With 1.1 billion people , Africa account for about 15% of the world human population.
The Africa continent is surrounded by the mediterrenean sea to the north, both the suez canal and the Red sea along the Sinai peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and and the Atlantic ocean to the west.
Algeria is Africa largest state or country by area and Nigeria is largest by population. Africa, particularly central eastern Africa is widely accepted as the origin of human beings. All the 54 African state except Morocco are member of the African union, which was formed with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as it is headquarters, on 26 june, 2001 to provide political direction and unity in Africa.
The union was officially established on 9 july, 2002 as successor to the organization of African unity (OAU) established on the 26 of june 1963.
Africa also stretches to 8,050 kilometers to its northernmost point in Tunisia and its southern most point and the highest pont on the continent is the historical mountain of Kilimanjaro, which is about 5,892 miles high that is approximately about 19,330 feet above sea level, It is in Tanzania, the capital of which is called Dodoma.
