Talk:Geography of Africa

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-- Walt Pohl 04:48, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Current lake names

Many of the lake names have changed somewhat since 1911. Here's a list of the 1911 Brittanica name and the more common modern name:

  • Abai - Abaya
  • Albert Nyanza - Albert
  • Albert Edward - Edward
  • Leopold II - Mai-Ndombe
  • Tsana - Tana or T'ana

Lake Rudolf and Lake Nyasa are more-usually known as Lake Turkana and Lake Malawi, respectively, but the older names still seem to be in use.

Walt Pohl 04:21, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Who knows this town?

In the WikiProject Wikipedia:Nuttall_Encyclopedia_topics, we hit on the city "Yokuba",

Yokuba is the largest town in Sokoto, in the Lower Soudan, with a large trade in cotton, tobacco, and indigo.

Sokoto is in the WP, but there is no town called Yokuba near it. The source is from 1907, and Google doesn't help much. Thanks--J heisenberg 10:33, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "remarkably regular outline"?

what is it? call me blind, but i don't see it. further, a google search for the phrase shows the sentence in the article reproduced in lots of phrases but no explanation of what it is. i think the phrase needs to be explained further? is it that the coastline in africa is not as wiggly as those in other continents? -- Doldrums 07:56, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How many countries?

Africa is a continent comprising 56 countries, representing the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the earth's surface.

The main Africa article says there are 54 countries...personally I recall there being 53 countries. Regardless of whatever the number is, Wikipedia shouldn't contradict itself. --TwilightBat 10:34, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

As per discussions on the Africa talk page: if one includes only territories recognised as independent member states by the UN (which is as good a standard in Wp as any), there are 53 countries. If one includes all/other jurisdictions (as per the table, itself rather based on UN categorisations) – i.e., including Western Sahara (claimed by Morocco), French territories (Reunion and Mayotte), Spanish territories (Canary Islands, Ceuta/Melilla), and extraterritories (Madeira, Saint Helena) – there are 61 territories that comprise Africa. Whichever value is used, I agree there should be consistency throughout.
To that end, I've made editions to this article reflecting the above (and, similarly, to the mentions and area figures in the Africa article). E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 15:16, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Northernmost point?

It says on the Africa article that Cape Blanc in Tunisia is the northernmost point. So why does it say somewhere in Morocco holds that distinction here? --68.249.187.0 10:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Andrew Krueger —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.9.89.224 (talk) 20:59, 1 November 2007 (UTC)