Facts About the Continent of Africa

30 Facts About the Continent of Africa:
Africa is home to over 1.2 billion people and over 120,000 species of animal. If you are interested to know more about the continent here are 30 interesting facts about Africa.
1.The Most Endangered species- Northern White Rhino
2. The Continent's oldest civilizations - Ancient Egypt
3. Africa's Most Famous ancient kingdoms
Ancient Egypt, Carthage Empire, The Mali Empire, The Kingdom of Kush and The Zulu Kingdom
4. Most Remote Tribes in Africa
Omo Valley Tribes (Ethiopia), Huli Wigmen, Papua New Guinea, and Dogon, West Africa
5. Biggest rainforest in Africa- Congo Basin
6. Home to the most valuable land animal- black rhinoceros,
7. The World's Hottest Continent
8. The Disease only found in Africa- African Trypanosomiasis
9. Largest country- Algeria
10. Smallest country- Seychelles
11. Longest river- River Nile
12. Africa's highest Mountain- Mount Kilimanjaro
13. Largest waterfall- Victoria Falls
14. Largest valley in Africa- The Great Rift Valley
15. The largest lake in Africa- Lake Victoria
16. Deepest lake in Africa- Lake Tanganyika
17. Countries that were never colonized- Ethiopia and Liberia
18. Youngest African country- The Republic of South Sudan
19. First African country to gain independence- Ghana in 1957
20. Most developed countries- Mauritius, Seychelles, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia
21. Oldest University- Al-Qarawiyyin University in Tunisia
22. Number of Languages In Africa- over 3,000 languages
23. Oldest city in Africa- Girga in Egypt
24. The richest man to ever live in Africa was Mansa
25. Largest flying bird native to Africa- Kori Bustard
26. The first black African to win Miss World was Agbani Darego from Nigeria
27. First African female president -Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
28 .The first black African to win the Nobel Prize- Albert Luthuli from South Africa
29. Oldest museum in Africa- The Iziko South African
30 .The most Populated City in Africa- Kinshasa in DRC

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Africa is so so Amazing
1. The most old desert in the world is Namibia Desert(Namibia),
2. The Largest Desert Sahara is found in Africa
2. The second Longest River in the world is River Nile
3. The deepest Lake in the world is Lake Tanganyika(Tanzania)
4. The second tallest mount is Mount Kilimanjaro(Tanzania)
5. The thickest forest after Amazon is Congo Forest(Congo)
6. The Most Dangerous water-falls are found in Africa(falls of Mosi-oa-Tunya) or Victoria water-falls
6. Four African countries are joined at the Zambezi River (The Quadro-point)
7. Crater Ngorongoro is only found in Africa(Tanzania)
8. The Only Tanzanite minerals are found in Tanzania
9. The Largest Valley in the world is The Great Rift-Valley is mostly crossing in Africa
10. In Africa, Only Tanzania is Surrounded by three Lakes in its borders
11. In Africa, only South Africa has two countries in with in(Eswatin and Lesotho)
12. Only Red Diamonds are found in Sierra-Leone(The Cape Mountains Country)
13. You can't believe, but many movies like Mud-max furry road are recorded in Namibia Desert(Kalahari desert)
14. Most of the lands in Africa are still virgin
15. Okavango Delta and Niger Delta are only found in Africa
16. Pyramids are only found in Africa(Egypt), Europeans did not able to loot them because they are too heavy, otherwise they could loot them.
17. Encient Egypt is most oldest kingdom.
18. Mansa Mussa was believed to be the Most richest man in the world in ancient history of Mali, whose networth about $400B
19. The whole continent is sourrounded by Occean from East-to-West, South-to-North.
But what a shame with all these Unique favors from God we are ranked among the poorest continent in the world
Am so blessed to be an African, born in Africa and live in Africa and Tanzania is my homeland.