Africa

Summary

Africa is a continent^[1]. Africa draws 22,537 Wikipedia views per month (continent category, ranking #3 of 7).^[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 Afroasiatic^[28], a language family^[29], founded in -7000^[30]; African Corps^[31], an army corps^[32], in Russia^[33], founded in 2023^[34], headquartered in Ouagadougou^[35]; Republic of New Afrika^[36], a social movement^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1968^[39]; African Plate^[40], a tectonic plate^[41]; MV Africa Mercy^[42], a hospital ship^[43]; galinha à Africana^[44]; Afrikanisches Viertel^[45], a neighborhood^[46], in Germany^[47]; and Afronycteris^[48], a taxon^[49].

Why It Matters

Africa draws 22,537 Wikipedia views per month (continent category, ranking #3 of 7).^[2] Africa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50] Africa is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]

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