Map of Africa, is the second largest and most populous continent in the world, located on the African continental shelf. The “dark continent” is roughly divided into two parts of the equator and is surrounded by the sea, except when the Suez Island joins it with Asia.

In the north, the continent is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar, west by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south and southeast by the Indian Ocean, and on the northeast coast by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Africa has 54 sovereign states (or countries).

55 African countries, 54 sovereign African states plus the territory of the Arab Democratic Republic of the Sahara are members of the African Union, a federation of African states created in 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Several dependent territories are still controlled by former colonial powers, such as the Tromelin and Mayotte islands, which are controlled by France, and the Ascension and Saint Helena islands, which are governed by the United Kingdom.

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