2. Africa covers
20.4% of
Earth’s total
land area

3. Over 2,000
languages
are spoken
in Africa.

8. In Rwanda, 56% of the seats in the Parliament
are occupied by women
(compared with 14.0 percent in the United States)

9. um altitude in the world
hest minim (4,530ft)
as the hig
Lesotho h

12. The Republic of Sudan
has 223 of its own pyramids,
twice the number of
pyramids in Egypt.