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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
Latin '''Africa''' (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory, the province of Africa; Africa as a continent," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from a Phoenician cognate of Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting. The Middle English word was Affrike. | Latin '''Africa''' (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory, the province of Africa; Africa as a continent," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from a Phoenician cognate of Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting. The Middle English word was Affrike. | ||
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== Countries == | |||
As defined by the United Nations Statistic Division, the countries in the different regions of Africa are as follows: | |||
=== Eastern Africa === | |||
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* [[Burundi]] | |||
* [[Comoros]] | |||
* [[Djibouti]] | |||
* [[Eritrea]] | |||
* [[Ethiopia]] | |||
* [[Kenya]] | |||
* [[Madagascar]] | |||
* [[Malawi]] | |||
* [[Mauritius]] | |||
* [[Mayotte]] | |||
* [[Mozambique]] | |||
* [[Réunion]] | |||
* [[Rwanda]] | |||
* [[Seychelles]] | |||
* [[Somalia]] | |||
* [[South Sudan]] | |||
* [[Uganda]] | |||
* [[Tanzania]] | |||
* [[Zambia]] | |||
* [[Zimbabwe]] | |||
</div> | |||
=== Middle Africa === | |||
<div style='-moz-column-count:4; column-count:4;'> | |||
* [[Angola]] | |||
* [[Cameroon]] | |||
* [[Central African Republic]] | |||
* [[Chad]] | |||
* [[Congo]] | |||
* [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] | |||
* [[Equatorial Guinea]] | |||
* [[Gabon]] | |||
* [[Sao Tome and Principe]] | |||
</div> | |||
=== Northern Africa === | |||
<div style='-moz-column-count:4; column-count:4;'> | |||
* [[Algeria]] | |||
* [[Egypt]] | |||
* [[Libya]] | |||
* [[Morocco]] | |||
* [[Sudan]] | |||
* [[Tunisia]] | |||
* [[Western Sahara]] | |||
</div> | |||
=== Southern Africa === | |||
<div style='-moz-column-count:4; column-count:4;'> | |||
* [[Botswana]] | |||
* [[Lesotho]] | |||
* [[Namibia]] | |||
* [[South Africa]] | |||
* [[Swaziland]] | |||
</div> | |||
=== Western Africa === | |||
<div style='-moz-column-count:4; column-count:4;'> | |||
* [[Benin]] | |||
* [[Burkina Faso]] | |||
* [[Cape Verde]] | |||
* [[Cote d'Ivoire]] | |||
* [[Gambia]] | |||
* [[Ghana]] | |||
* [[Guinea]] | |||
* [[Guinea-Bissau]] | |||
* [[Liberia]] | |||
* [[Mali]] | |||
* [[Mauritania]] | |||
* [[Niger]] | |||
* [[Nigeria]] | |||
* [[Saint Helena]] | |||
* [[Senegal]] | |||
* [[Sierra Leone]] | |||
* [[Togo]] | |||
</div> | |||
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Etymology
Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory, the province of Africa; Africa as a continent," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from a Phoenician cognate of Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting. The Middle English word was Affrike.
Countries
As defined by the United Nations Statistic Division, the countries in the different regions of Africa are as follows:
Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
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