
Africa is the worlds second-largest continent which lies to the west of Asia and south of Europe. The total area of Africa, including the islands occupies 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total dry land. There are 61 countries with the population reaching 1 billion people.The climate of Africa changes from tropical to subarctic on its highest mountain peaks. The African continent has a very long coastal line with thousands of beautiful beaches as it is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the North, Suez Canal, the Indian Ocean in the southeast and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula in the northeast.