• Africa is 11,687,187 square miles.
• There are more than 654 million people living in Africa.
• The highest point in Africa is 19,340 feet above sea level and is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
• The lowest point in Africa is 512 feet below sea level and is Lake Assail in Djibouti.
• The largest country in Africa by area is Sudan and is 967,500 square miles.
• The largest country in Africa by population is Nigeria with a population of more than 90 million people.
• The longest river in Africa is the Nile which is 4,145 feet. This is the longest river in the world.
• Africa is the 2nd largest continent. Only Asia is larger.
• Arabic is the primary language spoken in North Africa.
• The largest desert in Africa is the Sahara desert. It is 3,500,00 square miles.
• The largest lake in Africa is Lake Victoria. It is 26,834 square miles.

SOURCE: "National Geographic picture Atlas of Our World" National Geographic Society, 1993. p. 193