African Geography by Letter - S

Can you guess these African geography-related answers that begin with the letter S?

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Last updated: January 27, 2024

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Hint	Answer
Country Nelson Mandela was president of	South Africa
Largest hot desert in the world	Sahara
Biogeographic region just south of the above that stretches across Africa and is a transition zone between the desert and the more human regions to the south	Sahel
Arabic-speaking country which was formerly the largest in Africa	Sudan
Country which gained independence from the above in 2011	South Sudan
Country of which Mogadishu is the capital	Somalia
Unrecognized country which has been de facto independent from the above since 1991	Somaliland
Lingua franca of East Africa	Swahili
Westernmost country in mainland Africa	Senegal
Island country in the Indian Ocean	Seychelles

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Country which was founded as a British colony for freed slaves	Sierra Leone
Island country in the Atlantic Ocean	Sāo Tomé and Príncipe
Capital of Réunion	Saint-Denis
Group of uninhabited islands governed by France, but also claimed by the Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius	Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
Largest city on Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Language spoken by the majority of Zimbabweans	Shona
Former name of Eswatini	Swaziland
Official language of Lesotho	Sesotho
Official language of Botswana	Setswana
Canal in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea	Suez Canal