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The continent Africa encompasses 54 countries and covers an area of 30,221.532 km², which corresponds to about 20% of the total land area of the Earth and has around 1.4 billion inhabitants. In about a dozen countries, viticulture is also practiced. In ancient times, the Phoenicians brought viticulture to Carthage in present-day Tunisia. Around the capital of the Carthaginian Empire, there were already flourishing vineyards 500 years before Christ.

Due to the prevailing tropical and subtropical climate, viticulture is only possible in large parts of Africa in the climatically milder peripheral zones in the north and south, with vineyards often located at altitudes above 1,000 meters above sea level. The vine yields astonishing yields in tropical climates with several harvests a year, which are mostly used for the production of raisins or table grapes.

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