THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA
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The Largest Countries In Africa |
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Africa is geographically divided up into over 50
countries due to centuries of colonial rule, and because of different
post-war deals made by other interests, most notably at the end of both
World Wars. Therefore there is no country which towers above the rest,
size-wise, but Sudan does manage to take the biggest country title, just
ahead of Algeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo),
although if the Congo was united that would assume Africa's largest
country mantle. Along with being the top dog in Africa, Sudan is also
the largest Arab country globally, and the tenth largest nation in the
World overall, but it is almost always in turmoil with different
factions set against each other, as we have all witnessed from the
images coming out of Darfur. It is bordered by Central African Republic,
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Libya and Uganda, and it is served by the longest river system in
the World. The Nile flows right through the entire length of the
country, with it's two main tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue
Nile, joining up close to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
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