AFRICA

Important facts of Africa :-

1. Sirocco is a type of hot wind blowing from Sahara to Mediterranean.
2. Swahili is the oldest surviving African language.
3. The country Zaire has the maximum Hydroelectric Power potential in Africa.
4. The country Djibouti is facing the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb.
5. Dar-es-Salam is the easternmost terminus of Tanjara railways which begins from Katanga mineral belt.
6. Ostrich is the flightless bird of Kalahari Desert.
7. Ethiopia is the place of origin of coffee.
8. Pretoria is the administrative capital of S. Africa.
9. Nilots are the aborigines of upper Nile.
10. River Zaire is the only river that crosses the equator twice.
11. Nubian desert lies in Egypt.
12. The countries Ethiopia and Somalia form the Horn of Africa.
13. High Veld is the temperate grassland of South Africa.
14. Africa is the most tropical of all continents.
15. Most part of Kalahari Desert lies in Botswana.
16. The Farmers of the Egypt are also called Fellahin.
17. Gibraltar, Suez and Bab-el-Mandeb are three points where Africa almost touches Eurasia.
18. Cape of Agulhas is the southernmost tip of Africa.
19. Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa.
20. Teff is the highly nutritious crop of Ethiopian high lands.
21. Bab-el-Mandeb is called Gate of Tears.
22. Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are the bordering countries of Lake Victoria.
23. Khartoum is the city at the confluence of the Blue and the White Nile.
24. Al-Aziziya of Libya is the hottest place in the world.
25. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are the three Maghreb Republics.
26. Tana is the source of Blue Nile while Victoria is the source of White Nile.
27. The 'Great Bitter' and Little Lake are along the Suez Canal.
28. Zaire is a large geographically disadvantaged state.
29. Lake Assal, Djibouti is the lowest point in Africa.
30. Tuaregs is the nomadic herders of Sahara.
31. The Lake Victoria in East Africa is not laying in the Great Rift Valley.
32. Lake Chad is the region of inland drainage.
33. Cape Town is the seat of legislature of S. Africa.
34. The Rain Forest is the natural region with greatest biodiversity.
35. The South African farmer of Dutch descent is called Boer .
36. Lourenco Marques was renamed as Maputo.
37. A new country Eritrea was carved out of Ethiopia during 1990s.
38. River Orange is a boundary between S.Africa and Namibia.
39. Masai is the pastoral tribe of Kenya.
40. In Africa, the best quality iron-ore (magnetite) is found in Liberia.
41. Witwatersrand is famous for Gold.
42. Kimberly is famous for diamond.
43. Victoria Falls was discovered by Livingstone.
44. The countries Ethiopia and Liberia of Africa were never colonized.
45. Victoria Falls is on river Zambezi.
46. Victoria Falls is the largest water falls in the world.
47. Akosombo dam is situated on the river Volta.
48. River Limpopo is the boundary between the South Africa and Botswana.
49. Lake Nasser is on River Nile.
50. Harmattan is hot local wind blowing form Sahara to Guinea Coast.
51. Abuja and Dodoma is the new capital of Nigeria and Tanzania.
52. South Africa is the island of Gold and Diamonds.
53. Four largest countries in decreasing order of area are Sudan - Algeria - Zaire - and Libya.
54. Nigeria is the land of oil palm.