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Author: WandererUsed to be divided into geographical North, East, West and Central Africa and South Africa five regions, a total of 53 independent countries.

North Africa: usually including Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, the Azores and Madeira Islands. Including Egypt, Sudan and Libya, sometimes referred to as East and North Africa. The remaining countries and regions, known as Northwest Africa. North Africa over 820 million square kilometers area, population about 1.2 million Arabs, about 70%. Northwest of the Atlas mountains, grasslands in southeastern part of Sudan, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast has a narrow plain most of the rest of the Sahara. Many of the areas of the world of commodities important position, 5% of total world output of crude oil, phosphates, 22% cotton, about 5%, more than 80% of gum arabic, there are other cork, olive, citrus, grapes, dates, figs and so on.

East Africa: usually include Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Seychelles. East Africa, sometimes as part of the Sudan. East African area of about 3.7 million square kilometers, population 1.3 million, mainly black Bantu languages, distributed in the south; followed by the Amhara tribe, clan and the Somali people Gellar, located in the north. The northern roof of Africa – Ethiopian highlands, south of the East African plateau, Indian Ocean are the original narrow, the Great Rift Valley runs through the central and western highlands of East Africa, the coffee produced in this area accounts for about 14% of world output, sisal about more than 25%, cloves, clove supply to supply the world accounted for more than 80%. Tea, sugar cane, cotton is also an important role in Africa.

West Africa: including Mauritania, Western Sahara, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria and processing it Canary Islands. Area of over 6.56 million square kilometers. Population of about 1.5 million, of which blacks account for about 85% of the total population, the rest are mostly Arabs. The area north of the Sahara desert, the grasslands subordinates Sudan, Guinea, on the southern plateau, a narrow coastal plain. Diamond production in this area are about 12% of world production, bauxite accounts for about 90% of African production, cocoa and palm kernel account for more than 50% of world production, palm oil accounts for about 38%, about 11% of peanut , coffee, natural rubber in the world, also occupies a certain position.

Central Africa: usually include Chad, Central Africa, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, and sometimes to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi as part of Central Africa . An area of over 5.36 million square kilometers, a population of about 56 million, of which the black Bantu 80%, Department, located in the south. The remaining language of Sudan black, located in the north. The area north of the Sahara desert, in the subordinate Sudan steppe, southern Congo Basin, southwest of the plateau under Guinea. Congo Basin area of about 3.37 million square kilometers, the center part of the lowest 200 meters above sea level, surrounded by plateaus, mountains 1,000 meters above normal high altitude. Of the total world diamond production by about 30%, 12% manganese ore, copper, cobalt, uranium, tin, radium, niobium, tantalum and other minerals production have an important role in the world. Palm oil, palm kernel, rubber, cocoa is also very important.

South Africa: usually include Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Saint Helena and Ascension Island. An area of over 6.61 million sq km, population about 1 million, of which Bantu blacks accounted for 85%, Malaysia – Polynesian language of the Malagasy 9%, Europe accounts for more than 5% Caucasian: South African highland terrain-based area the main, low-lying central plateau basin for the Kgalagadi, around the plateau and mountain uplift in this area produced the world’s total output of about 71.83% gold, diamonds, accounting for 28.17% of chromium ore, copper, vanadium, lithium, beryllium, beryllium, cobalt, asbestos production in the world, also occupies an important position.