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掳 | 33' | N | / 02掳 | 11' | W |
| Algiers, Algeria: | 36掳 | 45' | N | / 3掳 | 2' | E |
| Cairo, Egypt: | 30掳 | 2' | N | / 31掳 | 14' | E |
| Cape Town, South Africa: | 33掳 | 55' | S | / 18掳 | 25' | E |
| Dakar, Senegal: | 14掳 | 45' | N | / 17掳 | 19' | W |
| Djibouti, Djibouti: | 11掳 | 49' | N | / 42掳 | 35' | E |
| Lusaka, Zambia: | 15掳 | 24' | S | / 28掳 | 17' | E |
| Nairobi, Kenya: | 1掳 | 17' | S | / 36掳 | 49' | E |
| Windhoek, Namibia: | 22掳 | 33' | S | / 17掳 | 4' | E |
