Interesting Facts About Africa
First University in the world
One of the oldest universities in the world is in Timbuktu, Mali. By the 12th century Timbuktu was home to three universities. Over 25,000 students attended one of the Timbuktu universities in the 12th century.
世界上最古老的大学在廷巴克图，马里。12世纪的时候廷巴克图已经有三个大学，在12世纪的时候有差不多两万五学生在这里上学。
North South extremes
The northern most point in Africa is Ras ben Sakka in Tunisia. The most southern point is Cape Agulhas in South Africa.
非洲的最北端是Ras Ben Sakka，突尼斯。最南端是厄加勒斯角，南非🇿🇦
Mountains
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest point in Africa. It tops out at 19,340 feet above sea level. (5,895 m)
乞力马扎罗山是非洲最高的山， 有5895米的高度。
Giraffe
Kilimanjaro
Rivers
The Nile is the longest river in the world – the 6,670 kms takes you through 11 countries and drains into the Mediterranean sea。
尼罗河是世界最长的河，它经过11个国家。
Nile
Khartoum
Nile
Whale Sharks
In the Gulf of Tadjourah in Djibouti you can swim from November to January with massive whale sharks who come to feed on plankton during their annual migration.
在吉布提的Gulf of Tadjourah从十一月份到一月份你可以跟鲸鲨游泳，它们经过每年的迁移来在这个时候到这里吃Plankton
Djibouti
Surfers
Shipwreck Point in Liberia is a mecca for globe trotting surfers. They come for the 10 meter waves between March and October
在利比里亚的Shipwreck Point是环球冲浪者的天堂。每年在三月份到十月份期间他们来这里冲浪10米左右的海浪。
Diamonds
About half of the world’s diamonds come from southern and central Africa. The largest gem quality diamond ever found (the 3106.75 carat Cullinan Diamond) came from the Premier Mine near Pretoria. It was found in 1905.
世界上的钻石大一半都来自南和中非。世界上最大高质量的钻石库里南钻石早在1905年在南非被发现的。
Gold
Three of the world’s largest gold producers have their primary operations in Africa – Harmony Gold, Gold Fields and Anglogold Ashanti.
三个世界上产金的公司都在非洲。分别是Harmony Gold, Gold Fields and Anglogold Ashanti.
Lemurs
Almost 100 species of lemurs are found in Madagascar.
在马达加斯加有大约100个狐猴的物种。
Lemurs
Madagascar
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Biggest and Tallest
African elephants are the largest living land animals. They can weigh up to 6-7 tons and drink over 160 liters of water a day.
Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
非洲大象是世界大陆最大的动物。他们的体重能达到6-7吨，每天都要和160升水。长颈鹿是世界最高的动物。
Giraffe
Kenya
Elephant
Tanzania
Giraffe
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Frog
The world’s biggest frog comes from Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. It is over one foot long. It is called "the Goliath frog"
世界最大的青蛙来自喀麦隆，有差不多1英寸的长度。
Faster
Four of the five fastest land animals live in Africa. The cheetah is the fastest and can run at 70 mph. Cheetah, Wildebeest, Lion and Thomson's gazelle all can run at speeds above 50 miles per hour.
世界大陆最快的动物在非洲占四分之五。最快的是非洲猎豹，它的速度能达到70英里每小时
Lion
Wildebeest
Cheetah
Canyon
The Fish River Canyon in Namibia is the second largest canyon in the world.
纳米比亚的鱼河峡谷是世界第二大峡谷。
Lakes
Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world – over 500.
马拉维湖是世界上有最多的鱼种类，大约有500个鱼种类。
Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world
维多利亚湖是非洲最大的湖，也是世界第二大淡水湖。
Lake Assal, Djibouti is the lowest point in Africa at the height of 155 meters below sea level. It is also the world's largest salt reserve.
阿萨勒湖是非洲海拔最地点，高度在有差不多比海洋低于155米。这里也是世界盐资源最多的地方。
Fish
Fish
Lake Malawi
Young
Over half of the population of Africa is under 25 yrs old，this makes it the youngest population in the world
非洲的人口里面大一半属于25岁以下，是世界人口最年轻的。
Pyramids
The Republic of Sudan has more than 200 pyramids double the number of pyramids in Egypt
在苏丹有大于200个金字塔，差不多埃及的金字塔数量的两倍
Egyptian pyramids are the largest in the world
埃及的金字塔是世界最大的金字塔。
Ethiopia
The oldest human ancestor was discovered in Ethiopia, almost 3.2 milion year old skeleton which was named "Lucy". Ethiopia is also featured prominently in ancient Greek dramas and poems such as Odyssey which referred to Ethiopians as "amongst the noblest of men"
Maths
The oldest known mathematical object is the Lebombo bone, which was discovered in the Lebombo Mountains of Swaziland. It dates to approximately 35,000 B.C
Also in Congo another mathematical object Ishango Bone was discovered
世界上最早的计数工具是列彭波骨在 斯威士兰发现，大约是三万五公园前的。
在刚果也发现了伊尚戈骨也是世界最早的计数工具。
Lebombo Bones
Maths Instrument
Ishango Bones
Waterfalls
The Victoria falls, located along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
维多利亚瀑布是世界七大奇妙之一。
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