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   Capital: Algiers
    Population: 35,406,303
    GDP: $251,100,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    919,595 (sq miles)
    2,381,740 (sq kilometers)
    Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD)

    Capital: Luanda
    Population: 18,056,072
    GDP: $114,400,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    481,354 (sq miles)
    1,246,700 (sq kilometers)
    Currency: kwanza (AOA)

Algeria Facts

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People of French origin who were born in Algeria were once called “pieds-noirs” (black feet), because the French troops stationed in Algeria wore black boots.

Angola Facts.

Angola is the seventh largest country in Africa.

    Capital: Porto-Novo (official capital)
    note: Cotonou (seat of government)
    Population: 9,598,787
    GDP: $13,990,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    43,483 (sq miles)
    112,620 (sq kilometers)

Benin Facts

... When a child loses a tooth , if they lose an upper tooth, they throw it on the roof.

    Capital: Gaborone
    Population: 2,098,018
    GDP: $28,490,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    231,804 (sq miles)
    600,370 (sq kilometers)
    Currency: pula (BWP)

Botswana Facts

... When a child loses a tooth they throw their tooth on the roof and say “Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon, please bring me a new tooth.”

    Capital: Ouagadougou
    Population: 17,275,115
    GDP: $19,990,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    105,869 (sq miles)
    274,200 (sq kilometers)

Burkina Faso Facts.

.. Burkina Faso consistently produces silk purses from sows' ears

    Capital: Bujumbura
    Population: 10,557,259
    GDP: $3,397,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    10,745 (sq miles)
    27,830 (sq kilometers)
    Currency: Burundi franc (BIF)

Burundi Facts

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Burundi is known as “ The Heart of Africa” because of its shape and location within the continent.

    Capital: Yaounde
    Population: 20,129,878
    GDP: $44,330,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    183,568 (sq miles)
    475,440 (sq kilometers)

Cameroon Facts

... When a child loses a tooth they throw their tooth over the roof and shout "Take this bad tooth and bring me a new one.

    Capital: Praia
    Population: 523,560
    GDP: $1,908,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    1,557 (sq miles)
    4,033 (sq kilometers)
    Currency: Cape Verdean escudo
    (CVE)

Cape Verde Facts

... The ten stars of the Cape Verde flag represent the ten main islands of the archipelago.

    Capital: Bangui
    Population: 5,057,208
    GDP: $3,446,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    240,535 (sq miles)
    622,984 (sq kilometers)

Central African Republic Facts

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From the 16th to 19th century, the people of this region were ravaged by slave traders.

    Capital: N'Djamena
    Population: 10,975,648
    GDP: $17,360,000,000 (USD)
    Total Area:
    495,755 (sq miles)
    1,284,000 (sq kilometers)

Chad Facts

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Chad is named after Lake Chad, which is the fourth largest lake in Africa and the seventh largest in the world.

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