African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size

True size of africa The true size of Africa is often misrepresented on world maps, making it appear smaller than it actually is. In reality, Africa spans 30.37 million square kilometers—large enough to fit the United States, China, India, Japan, Mexico, and most of Europe combined. This misconception stems from the Mercator projection, a map that distorts the size of landmasses, making regions near the equator, like Africa, appear much smaller than they truly are. For instance, Greenland seems s

The great map myth was incredibly unfair to the 'mother continent': This is the true size of Africa

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