Discover the True Size of Africa Compared to Other Regions
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Discover the True Size of Africa Compared to Other Regions
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For 450 years, the world's most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is. The United Nations just voted to change that. Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down and goes back 450 years to show how the map was made — and why it stuck. #news
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For 450 years, the world's most-used map has made Africa look smaller than it really is. The United Nations just voted to change that. Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down and goes back 450 years to show how the map was made — and why it stuck. #news
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Breaking news : The UN voted to adopt new accurate map of Africa today to reflect the correct size of Africa. The new map fits all of Europe , America, Mexico China, India and Japan inside the new map . 164 countries voted in favour of the new map , United States voted no and 6 abstained
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In the most widely used map in the world, Greenland is around the same size as the entire African continent. In reality, Africa is roughly 14 times bigger. Togo, a West African country, will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of Africa and ditch the 16th-century Mercator projection, its foreign minister said. #UN #Togo #Africa #Mercator #Greenland
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