Www Map Of Africa

This map shows governmental boundaries countries and their capitals in africa.

Www map of africa. Physical map of africa. The youngest country on the planet in south sudan which is located in north africa. It became the standard map projection for navigation because of its unique property. Rio de janeiro map.

It has 54 recognized sovereign nations two disputed states and nine territories as shown in the africa map. Map of the african continent. 3000x1144 625 kb go to map. Note the size comparison of greenland and africa.

Western sahara here is a self governing territory. Note that south sudan is the continent s newest country. Africa the planet s 2nd largest continent and the second most populous continent after asia includes 54 individual countries and western sahara a member state of the african union whose statehood is disputed by morocco. 2000x1612 571 kb go to map.

Its northern half is primarily desert or arid while its central and southern areas contain both savanna plains and dense jungle regions. It covers 20 of land surface on earth. In between there is a convergence where vegetation patterns such as sahel and steppe dominate. 3297x3118 3 8 mb go to map.

Apart from maps in sixteenth century atlases generally there were also magnificent marine maps of 1596 by jan van linschoten engraved by van langrens of. On the map of africa countries and capitals the continent covers 6 percent of the total surface of the planet and about 20 4 percent of the total land area. With a 2011 population of 1 032 532 974 it accounts for just over 14 of the world s human population. Africa is also the hottest of all the continents on earth.

Cabinda was portuguese not british ruanda urundi didn t exist in 1913 it was part of german east africa and first occupied by belgium only in 1916 though it doesn t affect the list kamerun was bigger in 1913 see neukamerun. It is a large political map of africa that also shows many of the continent s physical features in color or shaded relief. Blank map of africa. The climate of africa ranges from tropical to subarctic on its highest peaks.

Map of east africa. Algeria is africa s largest country currently. 1500x3073 675 kb go to. Map of africa with countries and capitals.

New york city map. The mercator projection m ər ˈ k eɪ t ər is a cylindrical map projection presented by flemish geographer and cartographer gerardus mercator in 1569. The map of africa comprises of an area of 11 730 000 square miles africa is the second largest continent on the planet. 2500x1254 605 kb go to map.

1168x1261 561 kb go to map. The mercator projection with tissot s indicatrix of deformation. The map of africa at the top of this page includes most of the mediterranean sea and portions of southern europe. 2500x2282 821 kb go to map.

Africa time zone map. Map of north africa. It also includes most countries of the middle east. Africa map of köppen climate classification.

The first separately printed map of africa as with the other known continents appeared in munsters geographia from 1540 onwards and the first atlas devoted to africa only was published in 1588 in venice by livio sanuto but the finest individual map of the century was that engraved on 8 sheets by gastaldi published in venice in 1564. The source map includes several mistakes some mentioned already above. It presents the continent in the form of a lambert azimuthal. Go back to see more maps of africa.

2500x2282 655 kb go to map. Map of west africa.