Location of Africa
Latitude: (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.
Longitude: (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians.
Africa Latitude and Longitude examples: (see map)
| Accra, Ghana: | 5° | 33' | N | / 02° | 11' | W |
| Algiers, Algeria: | 36° | 45' | N | / 3° | 2' | E |
| Cairo, Egypt: | 30° | 2' | N | / 31° | 14' | E |
| Cape Town, South Africa: | 33° | 55' | S | / 18° | 25' | E |
| Dakar, Senegal: | 14° | 45' | N | / 17° | 19' | W |
| Djibouti, Djibouti: | 11° | 49' | N | / 42° | 35' | E |
| Lusaka, Zambia: | 15° | 24' | S | / 28° | 17' | E |
| Nairobi, Kenya: | 1° | 17' | S | / 36° | 49' | E |
| Windhoek, Namibia: | 22° | 33' | S | / 17° | 4' | E |
