Facts About Africa

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world.

There are 54 countries in Africa.

There are more than 1 billion people who live in Africa.

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa.

The River Nile is the longest on the Earth.

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world.

There are as many as 2000 languages spoken in Africa.

People like hippos most of all animals in Africa.

In Tanzania thousands of zebras travel across the land. This is the largest number of animals that travel at one time on the Earth! This is called a ‘migration’.