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Africa (continent) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 02 23 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 2.3830 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 04 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.0660 decimal degrees |
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Note: Second largest continent; noted for early sites chronicling development of hominids; ancient, complex civilizations in North; premodern sub-Saharan populated by hunters and farmers; major European expansion 18th-19th centuries; most nations independent 20th century. |
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| Africa (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Afrique (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| África (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Afrika (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| African (continent) (C,O,English,U,A)
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| אפריקה (C,U,Hebrew )
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