Africa

LCONT Continent

GeonameId: 6255146
Coordinates: 7.18810, 21.09375 7°11′17.16″ N, 21°05′37.50″ E
Population: 1,031,833,000
Elevation: ca. 592 m
SRTM3 592 m · ASTER 589 m
Timezone: Africa/Bangui
Feature code: LCONT
Wikipedia: Article
Alternate countries: AO,BF,BI,BJ,BW,CD,CF,CG,CI,CM,CV,DJ,DZ,EG,EH,ER,ET,GA,GH,GM,GN,GQ,GW,KE,KM,LR,LS,LY,MA,MG,ML,MR,MU,MW,MZ,NA,NE,NG,RE,RW,SC,SD,SH,SL,SN,SO,SS,ST,SZ,TD,TG,TN,TZ,UG,YT,ZA,ZM,ZW

Permalink: https://www.geonames.org/6255146/africa.html

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Feb 23, 2026, 18:22:11woww
add name :hyw,Ափրիկէ
Feb 23, 2026, 18:22:05woww
add name :hy,Աֆրիկա
May 21, 2024, 14:57:21marc
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Aug 12, 2019, 15:21:14midget
update name : Afrika de (p)
Dec 10, 2018, 03:52:05ghybu
add name :ku,Afrîka
Nov 16, 2017, 13:02:57marc
cc2:null>AO,BF,BI,BJ,BW,CD,CF,CG,CI,CM,CV,DJ,DZ,EG,ER,ET,GA,GH,GM,GN,GQ,GW,KE,KM,LR,LS,LY,MA,MG,ML,MR,MU,MW,MZ,NA,NE,NG,RE,RW,SC,SD,SH,SL,SN,SO,SS,ST,SZ,TD,TG,TN,TZ,UG,YT,ZA,ZM,ZW
Jun 1, 2016, 10:50:31magnushiie
add name :et,Aafrika(p)
Dec 13, 2015, 23:58:13centesco
add name :sk,Afrika(p)
Oct 13, 2014, 21:31:06kdurante
add name :link,http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
Sep 12, 2014, 17:02:43topdsgn
update name :update name : África es (ps)
Aug 20, 2014, 12:56:21aileenm
add pop 1,031,833,000
Aug 19, 2014, 11:11:01marc
update name :update name : el Continente Negro es (c)
Jun 9, 2014, 05:26:11midget
add name :it,Africa(p)
Jan 7, 2014, 01:16:19stleamist
update name :update name :(p)
Jan 7, 2014, 01:16:07stleamist
update name :update name :(p)
Feb 13, 2013, 18:14:11mfs_site
add name :link,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
Aug 18, 2012, 23:22:06ua2004
add name :uk,Африка
May 13, 2010, 19:50:13chinesetools
add name :ko,아프리카
Feb 15, 2009, 21:23:28streamnetworks
add name :nb,Afrika
Feb 15, 2009, 21:21:51streamnetworks
add name :nl,Afrika
May 8, 2008, 11:08:27siggi
add name :vi,Châu Phi
Mar 30, 2008, 18:10:32isa
update name :es,África (x)
Dec 6, 2007, 18:11:53siggi
add name :id,Afrika
Dec 6, 2007, 18:08:46siggi
add name :se,Afrihkká
Dec 6, 2007, 17:54:45siggi
add name :ga,an Afraic
Dec 6, 2007, 17:49:05siggi
add name :bg,Африка
Dec 6, 2007, 17:38:38siggi
add name :hi,अफ़्रीका
Dec 6, 2007, 17:36:26siggi
add name :fa,افریقا
Dec 5, 2007, 18:09:39siggi
add name :lv,Āfrika
Dec 5, 2007, 17:47:21siggi
add name :lt,Afrika
Jul 18, 2007, 13:44:35siggi
add name :cy,Affrica
Jul 18, 2007, 13:40:24siggi
update name :bs,Afrika
Jul 18, 2007, 13:37:10siggi
add name :bs,Evropa
Jun 7, 2007, 18:23:53siggi
add name :ja,アフリカ
Jun 7, 2007, 17:02:43siggi
add name :he,אפריקה
Jun 5, 2007, 16:19:11siggi
add name :el,Αφρική
Jun 5, 2007, 16:14:52siggi
add name :fi,Afrikka
Jun 5, 2007, 11:52:59siggi
add name :ar,أفريقيا
Jun 5, 2007, 11:44:39siggi
add name :zh,非洲
Jun 4, 2007, 11:35:54siggi
add name :ru,Африка
Jun 4, 2007, 11:23:19siggi
add name :hu,Afrika
Jun 1, 2007, 17:07:06siggi
add name :tr,Afrika
Mar 16, 2007, 17:37:44siggi
add name :fr,Afrique
Mar 15, 2007, 18:02:26siggi
add name :cs,Afrika
Mar 15, 2007, 18:02:14siggi
add name :pl,Afryka
Mar 15, 2007, 18:01:52siggi
add name :pt,África
Mar 15, 2007, 17:59:41siggi
add name :no,Afrika
Mar 15, 2007, 17:59:17siggi
add name :sv,Afrika
Mar 15, 2007, 17:59:07siggi
add name :da,Afrika
Mar 15, 2007, 17:58:53siggi
add name :is,Afríka
Mar 15, 2007, 17:58:42siggi
add name :th,แอฟริกา
Jun 21, 2006, 21:07:54abat sise
add name :ca,Àfrica
Jun 21, 2006, 18:39:38jobrafo
add name :eu,Afrika
Jun 21, 2006, 18:39:30jobrafo
update name :eo,Afriko
Jun 21, 2006, 18:39:19jobrafo
add name :la,Africa
Jun 21, 2006, 18:39:09jobrafo
add name :en,Africa
Jun 21, 2006, 18:39:02jobrafo
add name :de,Afrika
Jun 21, 2006, 18:38:56jobrafo
add name :eo,Afrika
Jun 21, 2006, 18:38:43jobrafo
add name :es,el Continente Negro
Jun 21, 2006, 18:38:35jobrafo
add name :es,África
Jun 15, 2006, 22:13:56marc
created

What do these codes mean?

The language code refers to the ISO-639-2 and ISO-639-3 codes.

en (english)
fr (french)

The language code may be followed by a hyphen and a country code or a country variant:

zh-CN
zh-Hant

Accepted pseudo language codes:

post (postal codes)
icao, iata, faac, tcid (airport codes)
abbr (abbreviation)
link (link to website)
phon (phonetics)
piny (pinyin)
wkdt (wikidataid)
unlc (UNLOCODE)
nuts (EU NUTS code)
lauc (EU LAU code)

p. = preferred
s. = short
h. = historical
c. = colloquial

Names in other languages

			Tags
`ar`	Arabic	أفريقيا
`hy`	Armenian	Աֆրիկա
`eu`	Basque	Afrika
`bs`	Bosnian	Afrika
`bg`	Bulgarian	Африка
`ca`	Catalan	Àfrica
`zh`	Chinese	非洲
`cs`	Czech	Afrika
`da`	Danish	Afrika
`nl`	Dutch	Afrika
`en`	English	Africa	official
`eo`	Esperanto	Afriko
`et`	Estonian	Aafrika	official
`fi`	Finnish	Afrikka
`fr`	French	Afrique
`de`	German	Afrika	official
`el`	Greek	Αφρική
`he`	Hebrew	אפריקה
`hi`	Hindi	अफ़्रीका
`hu`	Hungarian	Afrika
`is`	Icelandic	Afríka
`id`	Indonesian	Afrika
`ga`	Irish	an Afraic
`it`	Italian	Africa	official
`ja`	Japanese	アフリカ
`ko`	Korean	아프리카	official
`ku`	Kurdish	Afrîka
`la`	Latin	Africa
`lv`	Latvian	Āfrika
`link`	link to website	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
`link`	link to website	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
`lt`	Lithuanian	Afrika
`se`	Northern Sami	Afrihkká
`no`	Norwegian	Afrika
`nb`	Norwegian Bokmål	Afrika
`fa`	Persian	افریقا
`pl`	Polish	Afryka
`pt`	Portuguese	África
`ru`	Russian	Африка
`sk`	Slovak	Afrika	official
`es`	Spanish	África	officialshort
`es`	Spanish	el Continente Negro	colloquial
`sv`	Swedish	Afrika
`th`	Thai	แอฟริกา
`tr`	Turkish	Afrika
`uk`	Ukrainian	Африка
`vi`	Vietnamese	Châu Phi
`cy`	Welsh	Affrica
`hyw`	Western Armenian	Ափրիկէ