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Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations ), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
A landlocked country is a country that has no territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins.Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), and three landlocked de facto states in the world.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. Country in Southern Africa Kingdom of Eswatini Umbuso weSwatini (Swazi) Flag Coat of arms Motto: "Siyinqaba" (Swazi) "We are a fortress" "We are a mystery" "We hide ourselves away" "We are powerful ones" Anthem: " Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati " "Oh God, Giver of Blessings to the ...
Central African Republic (15 C, 3 P) Chad (15 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Landlocked countries" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
The Republic of Upper Volta (French: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing state within the French Community. [2] [3] Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the French Union as the French Upper Volta. On 5 August 1960, it gained full independence from ...
Lesotho, [a] formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.As an enclave of South Africa, with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [8] it is the largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the Italian Peninsula.
The cinema of Burkina Faso is an important part of the West African film industry and African film as a whole. [239] Burkina's contribution to African cinema started with the establishment of the film festival FESPACO (Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou), which was launched as a film week in 1969. Many of the ...