You may be itching to travel to Africa, but even you may not be fully aware of how awesome and horrifying it really is. For instance, Did you know that the Sahara Desert of Africa is roughly 2.86 times the size of India.? Or More people in New York have internet access than the whole continent of Africa, which consists of 54 countries.?
Clearly, there’s much more to Africa than we see in mainstream media. So, in this post, I am gonna help you realize how Awesome and Scary Africa is.
Fun Facts about Africa
1. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in terms of both size and population.
2. Africa is so big that it covers up to a whopping 20% of Earth’s total land area. In other words, one in five places on Earth belongs to Africa.
3. Islam is the dominant religion in Africa. While Christianity is the second most practiced religion in Africa.
4. Africa is the most centrally located continent on Earth. Both the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), and the equator (0 degrees latitude) cut across African land.
5. With 154.7 million people, Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa. It is home to 18% of Africa’s total population.
Awesome Facts about Africa
6. Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa, and it is located on the Zimbabwe and Zambia border. It has a height of 355 feet, and the width of the waterfall runs almost a mile.
7. More than 50% of the world’s French-speaking population lives here on the continent.
Yep, Surprisingly, Africa has more French speaking people than France.
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8. Africa is home to the world’s largest desert, Sahara. Sahara desert covers an area of roughly 9 million 200,000 square kilometers which is roughly the same size as huge countries like the United States or China.
Moreover, The Sahara Desert is roughly 2.86 times the size of India.
9. If we go by the records of the fossil remains Africa seems to be the first continent where Homosapeins were found. The fossil remains have suggested that Humans or Homosapiens had inhabited the African continent around 7 million years ago.
10. Africa has 10% of the world’s oil reserves, 40% of its gold, 80-90% of its chromium, and platinum group metals. In addition, Africa has 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. Despite all these blessings, Africa is still the poorest continent.
Insane Facts about Africa
11. Before colonial rule, Africa had 10,000 different states and autonomous groups, each with its own very distinct languages and unique customs. This pre-colonial, disjointed Africa could explain why there are over 2000 languages spoken in regions of Africa.
12. The country of Egypt may be famous for its pyramids, but many people don’t realize that Sudan, in Africa, has a total of 223 pyramids. This is twice the amount of pyramids that Egypt has!
13. In Egypt, Social media accounts with more than 5,000 followers are subject to the country’s media laws and can be monitored by authorities and must be licensed by the government.
14. The first record of humanity’s awareness of Mars dates back to 1534 BC, it was spotted by ancient Egyptian astronomers.
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15. With 587,041 km², Madagascar is by far the largest island in Africa and is also the fourth largest island in the world.
It is home to over 26 million people, not only that, it is a biodiversity hotspot as over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth.
Scary Facts about Africa
16. More people in New York have internet access than the whole continent of Africa, which consists of 54 countries.
17. Forget Internet access. Despite having 15% of the world’s population, The whole of Africa uses less than 3% of the world’s energy. Whereas having just 4.25% of the world’s population, The United States alone uses about 19%.
18. Forget Electricity too. Millions of Africans live their life Without Access To Safe Drinking Water. Or aces to good health clinics.
19. The African health facilities are so bad that Measles, Malaria, and Diarrhea (MMD) are three of the biggest killers of youngsters in Africa. These are some of the most easily preventable diseases that can be treated with access to simple, affordable interventions, Yet poor kids are dying fighting them.
We see Billionaires donate hefty amounts, right? Are these funds really going to people in need, Are they going to Saul Goodman for money laundering .? Please answer my question if you know.
20. In order to escape these hellish conditions, Every year, more than 170,000 migrants try to go to Europe through Libya by boat, And even out of the 170,000, almost 1000 people will die while trying to make this crossing.
Horrifying Facts about Africa
21. In 2022, the risk of a child dying before reaching their 1st birthday is 42.760 deaths per 1000 live births.
22. More than Measles and Diarrhea (MMD), The African continent is the most destroyed by Malaria. There were an estimated 438,000 deaths in 2015 alone. Approximately 90% of all malaria deaths occur in Africa.
23. As an Albino, even hell is a lot better for you to live in than Africa, Southern Africa. Because of the Inhuman belief that albino parts are the best ingredients for making potent charms, Albinos are hunted down and slaughtered for parts.
24. Of all people living with HIV in the world, 67% live in sub-Saharan Africa.
25. In Some parts of Africa, especially, South Africa, HIV-positive adults rape young girls and children. Some of them are as young as 5.
Because these monsters believe that having sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS.
Sometimes, Facts like these make me wonder why UN organizations are there.
That’s it for this post guys, I hope you had fun while reading 25 Mind-Blowing Africa facts.
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