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1. No African country names begin with the letters F, H, I, J, O, P, Q, V, W, X, or Y.

2. Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent.

3. The Republic of the Congo is one of the most urbanized countries in Africa.

How Many NFL Football Fields Could Fit in Africa?

Calculating how many NFL football fields African countries can fit lets start with one of Africa's most popular tourist destinations, Kenya. Understanding total area compares the sum of all land and water areas Kenya is a midsize African country with a total area of 580,367 sq km or 224,080 sq mile. One square mile can hold 484 football fields, Kenya total area is 224,080 sq mile which equals 108,454,720 football fields.


How Many Football Fields Could Fit in Africa?
In the USA there are 32 professional football team stadiums. Kenya can fit over 108.4 million -108,454,236 to be exact- professional NFL football stadium fields inside the countries total area. To compare, The United States of America state of Ohio can fit over 22 million - 22,067,643 to be exact - professional NFL football stadium fields inside the states total area.

Africa in total can fit 5.5 billion - 5,526,046,805 billion to be exact - professional NFL football stadium fields inside the countries total area.


How many football fields can each African country hold?

African Country Largest to Smallest. African Country Area in Square Mile. Number of Football Fields Each African Country Can Hold.
Algeria 919,590 445,081,915
Democratic Republic of the Congo 905,350 438,189,680
Sudan 718,719 347,860,330
Libya 679,359 328,809,791
Chad 495,752 239,944,401
Niger 489,189 236,767,567
Angola 481,351 232,974,054
Mali 478,838 231,757,887
South Africa 470,691 227,814,501
Ethiopia 426,370 206,363,397
Mauritania 397,953 192,609,575
Egypt 386,660 187,143,552
Tanzania 365,752 177,024,401
Nigeria 356,667 172,626,915
Namibia 318,259 154,037,578
Mozambique 308,640 149,382,208
Zambia 290,586 140,643,672
South Sudan 248,775 120,407,427
Somalia 246,199 119,160,613
Central African Republic 240,534 116,418,631
Madagascar 226,656 109,701,870
Botswana 224,606 108,709,390
Kenya 224,079 108,454,682
Cameroon 183,567 88,846,702
Morocco 172,413 83,447,953
Zimbabwe 150,871 73,021,771
Republic Of The Congo 132,046 63,910,424
Cote D'ivoire 124,503 60,259,494
Burkina Faso 105,868 51,240,463
Gabon 103,346 50,019,624
Guinea 94,925 45,943,933
Uganda 93,064 45,043,394
Ghana 92,097 44,575,278
Senegal 75,954 36,761,949
Tunisia 63,169 30,574,223
Malawi 45,746 22,141,411
Eritrea 45,405 21,976,216
Benin 43,483 21,045,964
Liberia 42,999 20,811,813
Sierra Leone 27,698 13,406,239
Togo 21,924 10,611,559
Guinea-Bissau 13,947 6,750,772
Lesotho 11,720 5,672,517
Equatorial Guinea 10,830 5,241,962
Burundi 10,745 5,200,664
Rwanda 10,169 4,921,850
Djibouti 8,957 4,335,444
Eswatini 6,704 3,244,855
The Gambia 4,362 2,111,660
Cabo Verde 1,557 753,657
Mauritius 787 381,220
Sao Tome And Principe 372 180,145
Seychelles 175 85,027

How many football fields can each African country hold? Seychelles the smallest African country can hold around 85 thousand while the largest African country Algeria can hold over 445 million football fields.


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Africa is surrounded by water but is not an island, here are a few African Island facts.

Madagascar is the 4th large island in the world and is located in the Indian Ocean supporting a unique biology, about 90% of its plants and animals are found nowhere else on earth.

Composed of 155 islands, Seychelles is Africa's smallest country. By far the largest island is Mahe, home to about 90% of the population and the site of its capital city of Victoria.

Cabo Verde has a strategic location 310 miles or 500 km from the west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site.

Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent. Continents can not be considered islands because of their size and also by historic definition since many people who study geography define islands and continents as two different things.

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