Destinations : Africa

Africa, the planet's 2nd largest continent, includes 53 individual countries. It contains the Nile River, the world's longest, and the massive Sahara Desert, the world's largest.

Continent Size: 30,065,000 sq km 11,608,000 sq miles
Coastline: 30,539 km 18,976 miles
Percent of Earth's Land: 20.2%
Population: 877,500,000 (2006)
The continent's (highest point) is Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, 5,895m (19,341ft), while the (lowest point) is Lac' Assal in the small country of Djibouti, -156m (-512 ft) below sea level.