Morocco
Size: 2,730km sq
Population: 30 million
Capital: Rabat
Languages: Arabic,Berber,French,Spanish
Religion: Islam
Currency: Dirham 13D / £ aug 2011
World Heritage Sites: 8
Random Fact: Morocco gained independance from France in 1956 and is the 12th
richest country in Africa.
Mauritania
Size: north/south 1350km. east/west 1200km
Population: 3.2million
Capital: Nouakchott
Languages: Arabic,French
Religion: Islam
Currency: Ouguiya 441um/£ ayg 2011
World Heritage sites: 2
Random Fact: 70% of the country is desert.
Mali
Size: 1,240,000km sq (5x size of u.k.)
Population: 12 million
Capital: Bamako
Languages: French officially
Religion: Islam
Currency: CFA 657/£ aug 2011
World Heritage Sites: 4
Random Fact: Mali is home to the largest mud built building in the world.
Burkina Faso
Size: 275,000km sq
Population: 13.5 million
Capital: Ouagadougou (easy for you to say)
Languages: French official
Religion: Islam 50%,indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%.
Currency: CFA 657/£
World Heritage sites: 1
Random Fact: life expectancy 45. 3rd poorist country in world. (strange that it also has some
of the best roads that we came across!!)
Ghana
Size: 239,000km sq
Population: 24 million
Capital: Accra
Languages: English and African languages
Religion: Panthestic beliefs and ancester veneration are most widely practised
Currency: Cedi 2.17/£ aug 2011
World Heritage Sites: 2
Randon Fact: The most peacefull nation in Africa and some of the worst roads.
Togo
Size 57,000km sq (app.700km n/s. 80km e/w)
Population 5.4 million
Capital Lome
Languages French
Religion 20% Christian/10% Islamic rest Animists
Currency CFA 657£
World Heritage sites 1
Random Fact Used Nikes cost aout $5 a pair!
Benin
Size 113,000km sq Smaller than England
Population 9 million
Capital Porto Novo
Languages French and other African languages
Religion Trad. African beliefs. Voodooism practisced in parts
Currency CFA 657£
World Heritage Sites 1
Random Fact 658m The highest poit in Benin
Nigeria
Size 924,000km sq 4 x size of Britain
Population 140 million
Capital Abuja
Languages English plus around 500 ethnic languages
Religion Islam and christianity
Currency Naira 130/£
World Heritage Sites 2
Random Fact Nollywood is the name of Nigerias film industry!
Cameroon
Size 475,000km sq Twice size of Britain
Population 18 million
Capital Yaounde
Languages French and English
Religion Trad beliefs 50%/Christian 30%/Islam 20%
Currency CFA Central african franc £657
World Heritage Sites 1
Random Fact Debuncha is the second wettest place in the world it has 20 times the rainfall
of England.
Gabon
Size 267,000km sq
Population 1.5 million
Capital Libreville
Languages French and Bantu group languages
Currency CFA £657
World Heritage Sites 1
Random Fact Gabons coast was once the centre of the slave trade
Congo (Brazzaville)
Size 342,000km sq
Population 3.7 million
Capital Brazzaville
Languages French and Indiginous African languages
Religion Christianity and African beliefs
Currency CFA £657
World Heritage Sites 0
Random Fact potash is the Congo top mineral resource
DRC (Kinshasa)
Size 2,300,000km sq
Population 66 million
Capital Kinshasa
Languages French and African Languages
Religion Christian and Islam
Currency Congolese Franc £657
World Heritage Sites 5
Random Fact The Congo River is the deepest river in the world..230m in places
Angola
Size 1,250,000km sq
Population 18.5 million
Capital Luanda
Languages Portuguese, Umbundu Kimbundu Kikono
Religion Christian
Currency Kwanza £134
World Heritage Sites 0
Random Fact 20,000 Chinese live in Angloa (making roads I suppose)
Namibia
Size 824,000km sq
Population 2.2 million
Capital Windhoek
Languages English. Main ethnic language is Bantu and Khoisan
Religion 11 main Ethnic groups Owambu is main
Currency Namibian dollar £10.2
World Heritage Sites 1
Random Fact Namibia was the first country to include "protection of the Environment" in its
Constitutution
Zambia
Size 752,000km sq
Population 11.5 million
Capital Lusaka
Languages English and numerous ethnic languages
Religion Christian
Currency Kwatcha £6996
World Heritage Sites 1
Random Fact Africas largest dam The Kariba is in Zambia
Tanzania
Size 945,000KM SQ
Population 40 million
Capital Dodama
Languages Kiswahili
Religion Islam (coast and Zanzibar) christian inland
Currency Shilling £2304
World Heritage Sites 7
Random Fact Tanzania is an amalgram of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Malawi
Size 118,000km sq
Population 13 million
Capital Lilongwe
Languages English plus Chichewa
Religion 50% Christian 10% Islam
Currency Kwacha £237
World Heritage Sites 2
Randon fact Over 300 species of fish exist in Lake Malawi
Botswana
Size
Population 1.6 million
Capital Gabarone
Languages
Religion
Currency Pula £9.7
World Heritage Sites 1
Random Fact Jawaning in Botswana is the worlds richest diamond mine
South Africa
Size
Population
Capital Johannesburg
Languages
Religion
Currency Rand £10.2
World Heritage Sites 8
Randon Fact Over 2,000 shipwrecks litter the coast of South Africa