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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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| Africa (Latin)
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| Africa (Italian)
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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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| África (Portuguese)
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| Afrika (C,O,Turkish)
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| Afrika (Dutch)
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| Afrika (Czech)
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| Afrika (German-P,U,N)
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| Afrika (Lithuanian)
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| Afrika (Basque)
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| Afrika (Slovak)
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| Afrika (Swedish)
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| Afrika (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Afrika (Danish)
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| Afrika (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Afrika (Bosnian)
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| Afrika (Indonesian)
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| Afrika (Norwegian)
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| African (continent) (C,O,English,U,A)
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| אפריקה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Aafrika (C,U,O,Estonian)
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| Affrica (C,U,Welsh)
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| Àfrica (C,U,Catalan)
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| Afrihkká (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Āfrika (C,U,Latvian)
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| Afrîka (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Afríka (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Afrikka (C,U,Finnish)
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| Afriko (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Afryka (C,U,Polish)
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| an Afraic (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Châu Phi (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| el Continente Negro (C,U,Spanish)
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| アフリカ (C,U,Japanese)
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| أفريقيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| अफ़्रीका (C,U,Hindi)
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| Африка (C,U,Russian)
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| Африка (Ukrainian)
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| Африка (Bulgarian)
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| 非洲 (C,U,Chinese)
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| Αφρική (C,U,Greek)
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| แอฟริกา (C,U,Thai)
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| افریقا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| 아프리카 (C,U,Korean)
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