FACTS ABOUT WEST AFRICA

WESTAFRICA BEGAN AROUND 4000 BCE WITH THE FIRST HUMAN SETTLEMENTS. WEST AFRICA IS MADE UP OF 16 COUNTRIES WITH ABOUT WHICH INCLUDES; BENIN, MALI, BURKINA FASO, MAURITANIA, IVORY COAST, NIGER, CAPE VERDE,LIBERIA, GUINEA BISSAU, GUINEA, TOGO, SIERRA LEONE, SENEGAL,NIGERIA, GAMBIA AND GHANA.

SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT WEST AFRICA.

1. IT HOUSES THE SELF ACCLAIMED "GIANT OF AFRICA" WHICH IS NIGERIA.
2. GHANA IS THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF COCOA IN THE WORLD.
3. THE WALLS OF BENIN WERE ONCE THOUGHT TO BETWICE THE LENGTH OF THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
4. WEST AFRICA IS HOME TO LAKE VOLTA, THE LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE.
5. ARCHAEOLOGISTS DATE BACK HUMAN EXISTENCE TO 9000 BC IN NIGERIA ( THE OLDEST IN EXISTENCE).
   
   WEST AFRICA ALSO HOUSES SOME NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE
   1.OIL(NIGERIA)
   2.DIAMOND (IVORY COAST)
   3.GOLD (GHANA)
   4.BITUMEN (NIGERIA)
   5.MANGANESE (BURKINA FASO) 6.URANIUM (NIGER)
   7.NICKEL (MALI)
   8.BAUXITE (GUINEA)
   9.ZIRCON (GAMBIA)
   10.PHOSPHATE (SENEGAL)
   11.CHROMIUM (LIBERIA)

THIS IS ONLY A FEW OF THE MASSIVE NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH ARE FOUND IN WEST AFRICA.
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