Some Geography facts you should know as an Earthling

The planet we live in has so many untapped knowledge waiting to be discovered.

Below are some of the best geography facts

_{Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign Spanish speaking African state}

a building of Spanish architecture in Malabo

This was largely due to the influx of spanish immigrants into the country as well as the compulsory teaching of only Spanish , in both public and private schools.

_{Sahara desert is the hottest/driest in Africa and the world}

Situated in the northern Part of Africa , it is said that the Sahara ..receives little or no rain ; few times in every year.

Also it is the third largest desert in the world after the Antarctica and arctic ; comparable in size to The P.R of China or The United states.

The country of Russia spans 11 different time zones

St. Petersburg

Implying that it could be 11:00 AM at one end and maybe 10:00AM at the other.

 _{Asia is the Largest continent in the World.}

In all ; there are 6 known inhabitable continents in the world, but that of Asia stands tall as the biggest one.

With twice as many countries as the ones in The Americas combined and a booming population of over a billion people(est.)

_{90% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere}

Asia, Europe, North America ,Part of Africa and ; all lie in the Northern Hemisphere 🌐

 _{Ethiopia remains the only country to have never gained independence in Africa.}

Fasilides palace in Gondar ( Ethiopia)

_{South Africa has the only white indigenous ethnic group/language in Africa}

_{Afrikaners (speaks Afrikaans)}

                         Afrikaner family (1886)

_{The South American continent has Just 12 sovereign states} 

namely : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil ,Chile,Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , Paraguay , peru , Suriname , Uruguay and Venezuela.

Bahia (Brazil - South America)

_{The country of China has over a billion inhabitants}

They even at one time had to  pass/sign 

a birth-control method bill ...in order to reduce the higher  birth rates in the country.

Beijing

_{Vatican city is the smallest country in the world}

The mother city of the biggest and most popular church in the world.

The  Vatican City is just 0.44 km² in size.

_{Istanbul is the only Capital City on two Continents}

One part lies in Europe while another lies in Asia.

_{The shortest name of a place ; is Å}

Å is the name of a place in Norway and also in Sweden ;in Sweden it's located in Östergötland County ; While in Norway , it is located in  the  Andøy municipality (Nordland)

In the Scandinavian language family ; it actually means "River".

 _{The Melanesian people of  🇸🇧 solomon islands , Vanuatu🇻🇺 , Papua New Guinea🇵🇬, New Caledonia(Fr.) ; in  The Oceania continent ; are the only Naturally Blonde black race on the Planet.}