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African continent
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Africa
Africa
is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous
continent
. At about 30.2 million km
2
(11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of
Earth
's total surface area and 20.4 percent of its total land area. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the
Mediterranean Sea
to the north, both the
Suez Canal
and the
Red Sea
along the
Sinai Peninsula
to the northeast, the
Indian Ocean
to the southeast, and the
Atlantic Ocean
to the west. The continent includes
Madagascar
and various
archipelagos
. It contains 54
fully recognized
sovereign states
(
countries
), nine
territories
and two
de facto
independent
states with limited or no recognition
.
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