The Cultural Geography of Africa south of the Sahara

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The Cultural Geography of Africa south of the
Sahara

• 21.1 Notes
• Population Patterns

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Life

• High infant mortality rate
• Africa 90/1,000
• World Avg. 56/1,000
• Europe 7 U.S. 6.7
• Highest birth rate
• 38 per 1,000 people
• U.S. 14, Europe 10
• Lowest life expectancy
• 52 yrs.
• U.S. 77, Europe 74

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Distribution of population

• Uneven
• Most near coast, lake or river

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Distribution of population
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Food Production

• Declining because
• Intensive cultivation
• Loss of soil fertility
• Droughts
• 70 of Africans S of Sahara farm
• Producing less
• Eating less

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Some reasons for death

• Famine
• Poor nutrition
• Impure water BBC Water site
• Only 40 have pure drinking water
• Diseases
• Tsetse fly carry
• AIDS BBC AIDS site

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Scale of Living

• Very low
• Population grows 2xs economy
• GDP
• 150 billion
• Equivalent to Belgium
• Per Capita income
• Varies greatly
• Chad 220, Gabon 5,200

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GDP Per Capita
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Urbanization

• Least urbanized of any continent
• Currently worlds fastest rate
• Est. 235 million live in cities

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Diverse people

• East Africa
• Many Asians and whites
• Kenya
• Has 70 ethnic groups
• Tanzania
• Has 100 ethnic groups
• Africans speak more than 800 languages

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