facts about africa

FACTS ABOUT AFRICA
The African continent has the second largest population in the world, at about one billion people

The longest river in the world, the Nile (4,132 miles), is located in Africa

The worlds largest land animal is the African elephant

The worlds tallest animal, the giraffe, lives in Africa

The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old.

Africa has over 25% of the world’s bird species.

The world’s largest frog, the Goliath frog, is found in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon