Which is the smallest country in Africa?

Sofie

The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. It is the smallest country on the African continental mainland and is bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, and has a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The River Gambia flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. On 18 February 1965, The Gambia became independent from the British Empire. Banjul is its capital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambia May 19 07, 2:39 PM

Sofie

As for the islands: São Tomé and Príncipe is the second smallest (in terms of population) African country (larger only than Seychelles). It is the smallest country in the world that is not a former US trusteeship, a former UK dependency, or a European microstate. It is also the smallest Portuguese-speaking country in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe May 19 07, 2:42 PM

star_gazer

Lesotho is smaller than Gambia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho May 19 07, 7:16 PM

Baloo55th

OK - figures. According to wiki The Gambia is about 11,000 sq km. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia Lesotho is about 33,000 sq km. (Link given above.) And Djibouti comes in between according to the CIA at 23,000 sq km. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html May 20 07, 3:53 AM

rosea1

Maybe Gambia. May 20 07, 4:54 AM