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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed
Africa could be a powerhouse if it could get its act together. Even with ECOWAS and SADC the continent is too fractured to do much of anything.
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I agree that many of the countries are very small and it probably leads to the economic problems in Africa.
I was looking at a current map of Africa. There are 54 countries. At the end of WW2, there were only four independent countries. They were Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia and South Africa. By 1970, there were 48 nations in Africa.
Alaska has a total area of 665,384 square miles.
Texas has a total area of 268,596 square miles.
Florida has a total area of 65,758 square miles.
The biggest country in Africa is Algeria which is 919,595 square miles.
If Alaska were in Africa, it would be the 5th largest country in Africa and if Florida were in Africa,
Florida would be the 35th largest country in Africa so there are 20 countries in Africa smaller than Florida.
Little known fact - if you flew straight east from the Villages and landed at the prime meridian, you would be in Algeria. Before looking at a map, I thought we would be in Spain.