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Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders. However, borders along lakes, rivers, and other internal waters are considered land ...
South Sudan: Africa: Central African Republic / DR Congo / Ethiopia / Kenya / Sudan / Uganda: Spain: Europe / *Africa: Andorra / France / *Morocco / Portugal / *United Kingdom Atlantic Ocean / Bay of Biscay / Mediterranean Sea: Sri Lanka: Asia: Indian Ocean: Sudan: Africa: Central African Republic / Chad / Egypt / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Libya ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is a major producer of gold, producing up to 30% of global production. Major suppliers are South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Guinea, and Mali. South Africa had been first in the world in terms of gold production since 1905, but in 2007 it moved to second place, according to GFMS, the precious metals consultancy. [172]
Anglophone Africa includes five countries in West Africa (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and the most populous African country Nigeria, as well as a part of Cameroon) that are separated by Francophone countries, South Sudan, and a large continuous area in Southern Africa and the African Great Lakes.
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.
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south.
South Sudan Republic of South Sudan SSD English: South Sudan—Republic of South Sudan Juba English: Juba 10,748,272 644,329 km 2 (248,777 sq mi) South Sudanese pound: Sudan Republic of the Sudan SDN Arabic: السودان—جمهورية السودان (As Sūdān—Jumhūriyyah as Sūdān) English: Sudan—Republic of the Sudan Khartoum