WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Chouara Tannery: World's oldest open-air tannery
02-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The Chouara Tannery is reputed to be the oldest tannery in the world, and the site has not changed since the 11th century.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Birds of Eden: World's largest free flight aviary
21-02-2023
(WorldKings.org) The sanctuary was home to about 3500 birds representing more than 200 species.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) Lewis Gordon Pugh: First person to complete a long-distance swim in all five oceans of the world
04-02-2023
(WorldKings.org) In 2006 Pugh achieved the "Holy Grail" of swimming by becoming the first person to complete a long-distance swim in all five oceans of the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Chacma: World’s largest baboon
18-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) The adult males of chacma baboon can attain a body length of 115 cm, a tail length of up to 84 cm, and an average of 30 kg (but can attain a maximum weight of 40 kg).
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Kori bustard: World's heaviest flying bird
16-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) A male Kori bustard can weigh up to 18.14 kg ─ the weight of the largest confirmed specimen, as documented in 1936.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Makhonjwa Mountains: World's oldest mountain range
14-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) Geological sampling indicates that some rock formations in these mountains are 3.2 to 3.6 billion years old.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Southern white rhinoceros: World's largest living species of rhinoceros
13-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) The southern white rhinoceros can attain a length of 4.2 m, a shoulder height of 1.85 m, and a weight of 3.6 tons.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Tunnel de la Atlantida: World's longest volcanic submarine lava tube
04-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) The main fеаturе оf thе tunnel is that it's fully immersed in the water, сrеаting а truly unique раsswаy 1,500 kilometers long аnd аbоut 80 kilometers dеер.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Dangote Refinery: House the world’s highest crude distillation column
24-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) With a height of 112 meters, the crude distillation column is slightly taller than the Saturn V rocket which brought the first man to the moon (110.6m) and 16 meters taller than Big Ben.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Southern African Customs Union: Oldest existing customs union in the world
21-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its headquarters are in the Namibian capital, Windhoek.
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