Africa Geography Map: A Jigsaw Puzzle

Enjoy this fun and educational tour of African geography. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. This map illustrates about 11.7 million square miles, including adjacent islands, that covers six percent of Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of its total land area. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Africa continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign countries, nine territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.