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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,300,000 km² (11,700,000 mi²) including adjacent islands, it covers 5.9% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.3% of the total land area.Sayre, April Pulley. (1999) Africa, Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-7613-1367-2. With more than 840,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for more than 12% of the world's human population.
Etymology
The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.
The Afri were a tribe — possibly Berber — who dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area. The origin of Afer may be connected with Phoenician `afar, dust (also found in most other Semitic languages). Some other etymologies that have been postulated for the ancient name 'Africa' that are much more debatable include:
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ClothesMall (Clothes Mall) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:31:19 -0000
EDUN LIVE Blank T-shirts help create jobs in Africa! http://bit.ly/bPXYP
@queenbeybitch aw cool where in africa
DivaStatusBK (Zoë Tobie) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:30:50 -0000
@queenbeybitch aw cool where in africa
meu que calor da Africa ;S
miihx (Miih ') Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:30:42 -0000
meu que calor da Africa ;S
State mulls new ways of funding budget deficit: Business Daily Africa Mr Kenyatta noted that reducing the vulnerabi... http://bit.ly/6r0W4A
realdebt (Bernie Dozier) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:30:31 -0000
State mulls new ways of funding budget deficit: Business Daily Africa Mr Kenyatta noted that reducing the vulnerabi... http://bit.ly/6r0W4A
#10yearsago i was trynna get the hell out of africa
Mr_Purrrfect (Bayo ) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:30:28 -0000
#10yearsago i was trynna get the hell out of africa
@nicolerichie 2.5 hours to go here in Johannesburg S Africa. Nice hot evening with clear skies. How's things in your hood?? :-)
Gregg_McQuarrie (Gregg McQuarrie) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:30:22 -0000
@nicolerichie 2.5 hours to go here in Johannesburg S Africa. Nice hot evening with clear skies. How's things in your hood?? :-)
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