Map Of Africa With Names

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Map of africa with names. This map shows governmental boundaries countries and their capitals in africa. 3297x3118 3 8 mb go to map. New york city map. It presents the continent in the form of a lambert azimuthal.

Map of west africa. 3000x1144 625 kb go to map. Africa is the world s second largest and second most populous continent after asia at about 30 3 million km 2 11 7 million square miles including adjacent islands it covers 6 of earth s total surface area and 20 of its land area. After defeating the ancient northern african city of carthage the romans founded a province there which they named africa.

When the romans finally captured carthage they called the land north africa africa and scipio changed his. With an area of more than 9 million km the sahara covers about 30 of the african continent. 2500x2282 899 kb go to map. Clickable map of africa showing the countries capitals and main cities.

Map of africa with countries and capitals labeled. It is a large political map of africa that also shows many of the continent s physical features in color or shaded relief. 1500x3073 675 kb go to. There are 54 countries in africa today according to the united nations.

Political map of africa the map shows the african continent with all african nations with international borders national capitals and major cities. The black continent is divided roughly in two by the equator and surrounded by sea except where the isthmus of suez joins it to asia. The romans wanted to destroy africans connection to their culture and traditions and to change the name of their land was one of the ways. 2000x1612 571 kb go to map.

In north africa is bounded by the mediterranean sea and the strait of gibraltar in west by the atlantic ocean in south and south east by the indian ocean and on its north. Major lakes rivers cities roads country boundaries coastlines and surrounding islands are all shown on the map. With 1 3 billion people as of 2018 it accounts for about 16 of the world s human population africa s average population is the youngest amongst all the continents. Three ships in the lower right are caught in the smoke of battle.

Physical map of africa. Map of africa with countries and capitals. Blank map of africa. Madagascar appears as do the place names of numerous towns along the coasts and in the interior although large empty spaces begin to dominate there.

You are free to use above map for educational purposes fair use please refer to the nations online project. 2500x2282 655 kb go to map. One theory suggests that the name africa is derived from the name of a famous european traveler named leo africanus. Map of the world s second largest and second most populous continent located on the african continental plate.

It also includes most countries of the middle east. Go back to see more maps of africa. The name changing took place after three punic wars between rome led publius cornelius scipio and the powerful carthage. Beautifully designed the map represents a high mark of 16th century mapmaking it shows africa in a recognizable shape with a more pointed southern cape.

Fiontain regions of africa the african continent is commonly divided into five. The continent of africa is full of dangerous animals that. Rio de janeiro map. 2500x2282 821 kb go to map.

No animal or plant life is indicated but the oceans contain swordfish and a whale. More about africa the endless sahara desert. The average temperature in this area is put at 93 degrees fahrenheit 33 89 degrees celsius. Despite a wide range.

The median age in 2012 was 19 7 when the worldwide median age was 30 4. The name was derived from the afri tribe that inhabited the area. Map of the african continent. Map of north africa.

2500x1254 605 kb go to map. The map of africa at the top of this page includes most of the mediterranean sea and portions of southern europe. The map was designed by abraham ortelius. Dallol is located in northern ethiopia is known to have the world s hottest average temperature.

Not included in this total of countries and listed separately are.