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Africa

Summary

Africa is a continent[1]. Africa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Africa's instance of is recorded as continent[3].
  • Africa's instance of is recorded as geographic location[4].
  • Africa's instance of is recorded as region[5].
  • Africa's shares border with is recorded as Eurasia[6].
  • Africa's shares border with is recorded as Asia[7].
  • Africa is part of Ostfeste[8].
  • Africa is part of Earth[9].
  • Africa is part of Afro-Eurasia[10].
  • Africa is part of Afro-Asia[11].
  • Africa's Commons category is recorded as Africa[12].
  • Africa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−01:00[13].
  • Africa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Africa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[15].
  • Africa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[16].
  • Africa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[17].
  • Africa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:00[18].
  • Africa comprises North Africa[19].
  • Africa comprises Central Africa[20].
  • Africa comprises West Africa[21].
  • Africa comprises Southern Africa[22].
  • Africa comprises East Africa[23].
  • Africa's highest point is recorded as Mount Kibo[24].
  • Africa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 21.09375, 'lon': 7.1881}[25].
  • Africa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0, 'lon': 15}[26].
  • Africa's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Northern Hemisphere[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Africa include African Corps[28], an army corps[29], in Russia[30], founded in 2023[31], headquartered in Ouagadougou[32]; galinha à Africana[33]; Afroasiatic[34], a language family[35], founded in -7000[36]; Afronycteris[37], a taxon[38]; Republic of New Afrika[39], a social movement[40], in United States[41], founded in 1968[42]; African Plate[43], a tectonic plate[44]; 1193 Africa[45], an asteroid[46]; and Afrikanisches Viertel[47], a neighborhood[48], in Germany[49].

Why It Matters

Africa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Africa is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Africa include African Corps[28], an army corps[29], in Russia[30], founded in 2023[31], headquartered in Ouagadougou[32]; galinha à Africana[33]; Afroasiatic[34], a language family[35], founded in -7000[36]; Afronycteris[37], a taxon[38]; Republic of New Afrika[39], a social movement[40], in United States[41], founded in 1968[42]; and African Plate[43], a tectonic plate[44].

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References

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  22. [24] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  13. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14611 → 27313
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  2. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77218
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  3. 5d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fallout wiki id → Africa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11589]]: Africa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294243337|Africa (#294243337)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8063|Fallout Wiki articles]] #"
  4. 20d ago · LadyData · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Africa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Locations/Africa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293239379|Africa (#293239379)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7990|Giant Bomb Wiki"
  5. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0002282-Afrika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0002282-Afrika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → africa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: africa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289915753|africa (#289915753)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  7. 6w ago · Yupik · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 153236036
    Anarâš aavis topic id → afrik
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  8. 7w ago · Lyonrail · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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