Africa

Cape Town

Legislative capital of South Africa. Laws are made for the country at the Parliament. Buildings in Cape Town where the official residence of the president.

Boundary

a line, imaginary or drawn on a map, showing the edge of an area. The area between the land and the sea.

Plateau

A large flat area of land that is usually above sea-level.

Madagascar

An island country that is surrounded by the Indian Ocean.

Zanzibar and Pemba

Are islands that are part of Tanzania.

Kinshasa

Capital city of Democratic Republic of Congo. It has 8 million people and began as a trading town.

Cairo

Capital of Egypt. It has 15 million people and began as a trading town.

Nairobi

Capital of Kenya. It has 4 million people and began as a trading town.

Pretoria

Executive capital- the country is run from the Union Buildings, in Pretoria. This is also where the office of the president is.

Bloemfontein

Judicial capital of South Africa. Laws are carried out in the Supreme Court in Bloemfontein.

Equator

Passes through six African Countries.

Africa

There are 54 countries in Africa. 17 of those countries are landlocked and 5 are islands.

Landlocked

These are countries that are not next to the sea or an ocean . Their borders do not touch the coastline and they are surrounded by the land.

Irregular

Without a repeated pattern