sub-Saharan Africa

area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert
Place region Q132959
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sub-Saharan Africa

Summary

sub-Saharan Africa is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sub-Saharan Africa is on the continent of Africa[3].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's instance of is recorded as region[4].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's shares border with is recorded as North Africa[5].
  • sub-Saharan Africa is part of Africa[6].
  • sub-Saharan Africa is part of territory[7].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's Commons category is recorded as Sub-Saharan Africa[8].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's located in time zone is recorded as Central Africa Time[9].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's located in time zone is recorded as West Africa Time[10].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's located in time zone is recorded as East Africa Time[11].
  • sub-Saharan Africa comprises East Africa[12].
  • sub-Saharan Africa comprises Central Africa[13].
  • sub-Saharan Africa comprises Southern Africa[14].
  • sub-Saharan Africa comprises West Africa[15].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -10, 'lon': 23}[16].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sub-Saharan Africa[17].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+88971191'}[18].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+89770741'}[19].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+90028459'}[20].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+91200635'}[21].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+93287232'}[22].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+88481223'}[23].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+89572210'}[24].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+90610460'}[25].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+91438952'}[26].
  • sub-Saharan Africa's number of out-of-school children is recorded as {'amount': '+92630330'}[27].

Body

Geography

sub-Saharan Africa is on the continent of Africa[3]. Part of include Africa[6], a continent[28] and territory[7].

Designation and Status

sub-Saharan Africa's instance of is recorded as region[4].

Why It Matters

sub-Saharan Africa ranks in the top 2% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,151 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . unstats.un.org. unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . unstats.un.org. unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . unstats.un.org. unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . unstats.un.org. unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. data.uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · AnnaMehta · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of Africa, territory
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    Coordinate location {'lat': -10, 'lon': 23}
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