Topic outline of Africa

:"For a more comprehensive list, see the List of Africa-related topics."

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.Sayre, April Pulley. (1999) "Africa", Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-7613-1367-2.] With more than 900 million people (as of 2005) [ [http://esa.un.org/unpp/ "World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision"] United Nations (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, population division)] in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. There are 46 countries including Madagascar, and 53 including all the island groups.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Africa:

Geography of Africa

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* List of cities in Africa
** List of most populous cities in Africa

Regions of Africa

: "Main article: Regions of Africa"

* United Nations geoscheme for Africa

Directional regions

* West Africa
* North Africa
* Central Africa
* East Africa
* Southern Africa

Physiographic regions

* The Sahara Desert
* The Maghreb
* The Sahel region
* The Sudan region
* The Guinea region
* The Congo
* The Great Lakes region

Countries of Africa

: "Main article: List of African countries"

* Coats of arms of Africa
* Flags of Africa

West Africa

* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cape Verde
* Côte d'Ivoire
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Liberia
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Togo

North Africa

* Algeria
* Egyptsmallsup|1
* Libya
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Sudan
* Tunisia
* Western Sahara

Central Africa

* Angola
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Gabon
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe

East Africa

* Burundi
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Rwanda
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* Tanzania
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Southern Africa

* Botswana
* Lesotho
* Namibia
* South Africa
* Swaziland

Dependencies

* British Indian Ocean Territory (UK)
* Mayotte (France)
* Réunion (France)
* St. Helena (UK)
* Canary Islands (Spain)
* Ceuta (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Melilla (Spain)
* Socotra (Yemen)
* Puntland
* Somaliland
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Geographic features of Africa

* List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
* Horn of Africa
* List of islands of Africa
* List of rivers of Africa

Demography of Africa

: "Main article: Demographics of Africa"

History of Africa

: "Main article: History of Africa and

* European exploration of Africa
* Colonisation of Africa
* Decolonisation of Africa
* 1960 in Africa
* Economic history of Africa
* Military history of Africa
* Political history of Eastern Africa
* Slavery in Africa

Events in Africa by month

2008 in Africa: January February 2007 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December 2006 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December 2005 in Africa: October November December

History by region

* History of West Africa
* History of North Africa

Culture of Africa

: "Main article: Culture of Africa"
* Writing systems of Africa

Arts in Africa

Sports in Africa

Society in Africa

* Caste system in Africa
* Religion in Africa
** Islam in Africa
** Christianity in Africa
** Hinduism in Africa
* Slavery in modern Africa
* Urbanization in Africa

Ecology of Africa

: "Main article: Ecology of Africa"

* Environmental issues in Africa
* Fauna of Africa

Economy of Africa

: "Main article: Economy of Africa

Education in Africa

: "Main article: Education in Africa

Governments of Africa

* African Union
** African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Infrastructure of Africa

* Renewable energy in Africa
* Television in Africa

Politics of Africa

: "Main article: Politics of Africa"

* Conflicts in Africa
* Law of Africa
* Monarchies in Africa
* Political parties in Africa
* Pan-Africanism

Africa lists

: "Main article: List of Africa-related topics"

* List of newspapers in Africa
* List of radio stations in Africa
* List of television stations in Africa

References

See also

* Continent

External links

;News
* [http://allafrica.com/ allAfrica.com] current news, events and statistics
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2005/africa/default.stm BBC News In Depth - Africa 2005: Time for Change?]
* [http://www.yaleeconomicreview.com/issues/spring2006/africa_history.php Yale Economic Review Africa: Failed Economic History] ;History
* [http://library.stanford.edu/africa/history/hisking.html Africa South of the Sahara]
* [http://www.africankingdoms.com/ African Kingdoms]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section10.shtml BBC Story of Africa Kingdoms]

;Directories
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/ Library of Congress - African & Middle Eastern Reading Room]
* [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Africa/ Open Directory Project - Africa] directory category
* [http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/ Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara]
* [http://www.afrika.no/index/ The Index on Africa] directory from The Norwegian Council for Africa
* [http://www.aluka.org/ Aluka - Digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa]

;Politics
* [http://www.africaaction.org/index.php "Africa Action"] Africa Action is the oldest organization in the United States working on African affairs. It is a national organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa.
* [http://www.libcom.org/history/africa.php Working class history in Africa] -- people's and grassroots histories

;Sports
* [http://www.cafonline.com/index.php Confederation of African Football; in English and French]

;Tourism
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