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Angola Google Maps

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Angola

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Angola (AO). Explore satellite imagery of Luanda, the capital city of Angola, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Angola (GPS: 12 30 S, 18 30 E) located in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,246,700 sq km; land: 1,246,700 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 860 sq km (2012).

One of Angola’s essential features: The province of Cabinda is an exclamation, separated from the country’s rest by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Botswana Google Maps

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Botswana

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Botswana (BW). Explore satellite imagery of Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Botswana (GPS: 22 00 S, 24 00 E) is located in Southern Africa, north of South Africa. The country’s area measurements are total: 581,730 sq km; land: 566,730 sq km, water: 15,000 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Texas. The total irrigated land is 20 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Botswana: Landlocked – enclosed or nearly enclosed by land. Population concentrated in the eastern part of the country.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo Google Maps

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CG). Explore satellite imagery of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (GPS: 0 00 N, 25 00 E) located in Central Africa, northeast of Angola. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,344,858 sq km; land: 2,267,048 sq km, water: 77,810 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US. The total irrigated land is 110 sq km (2012).

One of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s essential features is the second-largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Straddles the equator—dense tropical rain forest in the central river basin and eastern highlands. The narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC’s only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean.

Because of its speed, cataracts, rapids, and turbulence, the Congo River, most of which flows through the DRC, has never been accurately measured along much of its length. Nonetheless, it is conceded to be the deepest river in the world. Estimates of its most significant depth vary between 220 and 250 meters.

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Malawi Google Maps

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Malawi

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Malawi (MW). Explore satellite imagery of Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Malawi (GPS: 13 30 S, 34 00 E) is located in Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west, and north of Mozambique. The country’s area measurements are total: 118,484 sq km; land: 94,080 sq km, water: 24,404 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Pennsylvania. The total irrigated land is 740 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Malawi: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country’s most prominent physical feature. It contains more fish species than any other lake on earth.

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Mozambique Google Maps

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Mozambique

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Mozambique (MZ). Explore satellite imagery of Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Mozambique (GPS: 18 15 S, 35 00 E) is located in Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania. The country’s area measurements are total: 799,380 sq km; land: 786,380 sq km, water: 13,000 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of California. The total irrigated land is 1,180 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Mozambique: The Zambezi River flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country.

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Namibia Google Maps

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Namibia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Namibia (NA). Explore Windhoek’s satellite imagery, the capital city of Namibia, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Namibia (GPS: 22 00 S, 17 00 E) is located in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa. The country’s area measurements are total: 824,292 sq km; land: 823,290 sq km, water: 1,002 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than half the size of Alaska. The total irrigated land is 80 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Namibia: The Namib Desert, after which the country is named, is considered to be the oldest desert in the world. Namibia is the first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution. Some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip. Namib-Naukluft National Park (49,768 sq km) is the largest game park in Africa and one of the world’s largest.

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Tanzania Google Maps

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Tanzania

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Tanzania (TZ). Explore satellite imagery of Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Tanzania (GPS: 6 00 S, 35 00 E) located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique. The country’s area measurements are total: 947,300 sq km; land: 885,800 sq km, water: 61,500 sq km. This sovereign state is more than six times the size of Georgia, slightly larger than twice the size of California. The total irrigated land is 1,840 sq km (2012).

One of Tanzania’s important features: Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only three mountain ranges on the continent that has glaciers (the others are Mount Kenya and the Ruwenzori Mountains). Bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world’s second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world’s second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwestimate.

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Zambia Google Maps

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Zambia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Zambia (ZM). Explore satellite imagery of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Zambia (GPS: 15 00 S, 30 00 E) is located in Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country’s area measurements are total: 752,618 sq km; land: 743,398 sq km, water: 9,220 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Texas. The total irrigated land is 1,560 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Zambia: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). The Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe. Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world’s largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km. 43 cu mi).

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Zimbabwe Google Maps

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Zimbabwe

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Zimbabwe (ZW). Explore satellite imagery of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Zimbabwe (GPS: 20 00 S, 30 00 E) is located in Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia. The country’s area measurements are total: 390,757 sq km; land: 386,847 sq km, water: 3,910 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Montana. The total irrigated land is 1,740 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Zimbabwe: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). The Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia. In full flood (February-April), the massive Victoria Falls on the river includes the world’s largest curtain of falling water. Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world’s largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km. 43 cu mi).

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