Interesting facts about Africa.

Interesting facts about Africa.

Here are some interesting facts about Africa that will definitely blow your mind.

More than 25% of all bird species are found in Africa.

1.Kenya

Kenya is the world’s second-largest exporter of flowers.

2.Nigeria

The world’s highest rate of twin births is in Nigeria.

3. South Africa

South Africa is the only country in the world to have voluntarily given up its nuclear weapons program.

4. Nigeria

Greater in area than the entire USA, the Sahara Desert.

5. West Africa.

Africa is the continent with the most independent nations at 54.

6. Lesotho

Being the location of an alleged UFO crash in 1995 is one of Lesotho’s most notable claims to fame.

7. Sudan

Sudan has twice as many pyramids as Egypt, or about 223.

8. Tanzania

After Sultan Khalid bin Barghash replaced the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini in August 1896, the UK and Zanzibar engaged in the shortest war in recorded history. The British requested that Khalid resigns from his position after refusing to acknowledge this succession.

Following his rejection, British forces shelled his palace for 38 minutes before raising the white flag and allowing Khalid to flee to German East Africa, where they installed Sultan Hamud as the leader of a sham government.

9. Africa

Aphrike (Africa) is a Greek word that means “without cold” and “sunny” in Latin.

10. Africa

The hippo is the deadliest animal in all of Africa.

11. Djibouti

Lake Assal, in Djibouti’s Afar Triangle, is the lowest point on the African continent. It is the third-lowest point on Earth and is located 509 feet/155 meters below sea level (behind the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee)

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