AFRICA
The worlds largest continent in area after Asia
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EGYPT

• Egypt is located in north-east Africa, bordering Libya to the west and Sudan to the south.  The Mediterranean and Red Sea are north of Egypt.  Cairo is the largest city and it is the Capital of Egypt.   Egypt covers about 380 thousand miles.  The language they speak is Arabic / Egyptian Arabic and Masri.  There are about 79 million people living in Africa.  Egypt is well known for the world's most ancient monuments, including the Great Sphinx, Giza Pyramids, Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings.  The famous Nile River runs through Egypt.  Their currency is the Egyptian pound.

MALAWI

• Malawi is located in southeastern Africa.  Located to the northwest is Zambia and to the north is Tanzania with Mozambique surrounding it on the south, west and east.  Malawi's capital is Lilongwe.  English and Chichewa are the two languages they use.  Their population estimates at about 12 to 13 million people.  It consists of 45,747 square miles.    They use Kwacha for currency. 

MAURITIUS

• Mauritius is a small island off the southeast coast of Africa, and further southeast off the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.  Port Louis is the largest city and it's capital.  It's about 800 square miles, with a population a little over a million.  They use Mauritian rupee for their currency. 

MOROCCO

• Morocco is located on the northwest side of Africa.  It borders Algeria to the east and a sliver of the Mediterranean Sea to the north, just below Spain, and the Atlantic Ocean to its west.  The capital of Morocco is Rabat and the largest city is Casablanca.  They speak Arabic, French, Amazign, Moroccan Arabic and Spanish.  It has about 173 thousand square miles and a population of about 33 million people.    They have Moroccan dirham for their currency.

NAMIBIA

• Namibia is located on almost on the southern tip of Africa on the west coast.  It borders Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and to the north is Botswana and Zambia.  Windhoek is the capital and English is their official language.  They have a population of over two million with about 320 thousand square miles of land.  Their currency is the Namibian dollar.

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa is located at the most southern tip of Africa.  It borders the countries of Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and  Namibia.    The capital of South Africa is Pretoria which is the executive capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.  The largest city, however, is Johannesburg.  They speak English, Afrikaans, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SiSwati, Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Venda, Tsonga and SeTswana.  Their currency is South African Rand.

TANZANIA

• Tanzania is located about on the east side of Africa, almost mid-way up from the tip, but south of mid-Africa.  This country is bordered by Uganda and Kenya to the north, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west.  Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia are to its south.  To the east is the Indian Ocean.  The capital is Dodma, however, Dar es Salaam is their largest city.  They speak Swahili.  Their population is about 38 million and their currency is the Tanzania shilling.

TUNISIA

• Tunisia is a small country located in the northeast section of Africa.  It borders on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.  A good portion of this country is composed of the Sahara desert and it situated along the Atlas mountain range.  It's capital city is Tunis and they speak mostly Arabic.  It's about 63 thousand square miles and enjoys a population of about 9 million.  The currency they use is the Tunisian Dinar.

ZIMBABWE

• Zimbabwe is located in the southeast side of Africa and bordered by Mozambique to the east, South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest and Zambia to the northwest.  Harare is the capital and they speak English.  They have the dollar as their currency and it's about  150 square miles.