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[[Image:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of Africa in recent decades]]

[[Image:Africa ref 2003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of Africa]]

|map         =Africa pol 2003.jpg

|map2          =Africa ref 2003.jpg

|coastline      =16,000 mi

|highestpoint  =Mt. [[Kilimanjaro]], 19,340 feet

|lowestpoint    =[[Lake Asal]], 502 feet below sea level

|river          =[[Nile]], 4,130 miles

|lake          =[[Lake Victoria]], 26,600 sq mi

|pop         =1,022,234,000

|pop-basis =2010

|countries      =56

 

 

'''Africa''' is the continental landmass to the south of Europe. It is connected to Asia by the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in [[Egypt]]; the remaining borders are the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the north, the [[Red Sea]] and [[Indian Ocean]] to the east, and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west.

'''Africa''' is the continental landmass to the south of Europe. It is connected to Asia by the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in [[Egypt]]; the remaining borders are the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the north, the [[Red Sea]] and [[Indian Ocean]] to the east, and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west.

Africa is the poorest continent in the world. "George Ayittey’s discussion of how country after country in Africa opted to throw out the [[capitalist]] baby with the [[colonialist]] bathwater on independence is a sobering example of [[libertarian]] [[class theory]] in action. He minces no words, characterizing most African countries as ruled by 'unrepentant gangsters.'"<ref> [http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/making-poor-nations-rich-entrepreneurship-and-the-process-of-economic-development/ Making Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the Process of Economic Development By Benjamin Powell, ed. • Reviewed by: Robert Batemarco]</ref>

Africa is the poorest continent in the world. "George Ayittey’s discussion of how country after country in Africa opted to throw out the [[capitalist]] baby with the [[colonialist]] bathwater on independence is a sobering example of [[libertarian]] [[class theory]] in action. He minces no words, characterizing most African countries as ruled by 'unrepentant gangsters.'"<ref> [http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/making-poor-nations-rich-entrepreneurship-and-the-process-of-economic-development/ Making Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the Process of Economic Development By Benjamin Powell, ed. • Reviewed by: Robert Batemarco]</ref>