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Africa: highest point in each country

This list ranks 51 countries by elevation of the highest point. The highest is Tanzania (5,895 m) and the lowest is Gambia (51 m), a difference of about 116 times. Right in the middle sits Mozambique (2,440 m).

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Elevations come from Wikipedia's list of elevation extremes by country.

#	Name	Elevation of the highest point
1	Tanzania Kilimanjaro	5,895 m
2	Kenya Mount Kenya	5,199 m
3	DR Congo Mount Stanley	5,109 m
4	Uganda Mount Stanley	5,109 m
5	Ethiopia Ras Dejen	4,550 m
6	Rwanda Mount Karisimbi	4,507 m
7	Morocco Jbel Toubkal	4,167 m
8	Cameroon Mount Cameroon	4,040 m
9	Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana	3,482 m
10	Chad Emi Koussi	3,447 m
11	South Africa Mafadi	3,446 m
12	South Sudan Kinyeti	3,187 m
13	Sudan Deriba Caldera	3,024 m
14	Eritrea Emba Soira	3,018 m
15	Equatorial Guinea Pico Basilé	3,011 m
16	Malawi Mount Mulanje	3,002 m
17	Algeria Mount Tahat	2,908 m
18	Madagascar Maromokotro	2,876 m
19	Cape Verde Pico do Fogo	2,829 m
20	Burundi Mount Heha	2,684 m
21	Egypt Mount Catherine	2,629 m
22	Angola Mount Moco	2,620 m
23	Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani	2,592 m
24	Namibia Königstein	2,573 m
25	Somalia Shimbiris	2,460 m
26	Mozambique Monte Binga	2,440 m
27	Nigeria Chappal Waddi	2,419 m
28	Comoros Mount Karthala	2,361 m
29	Zambia Mafinga Central	2,339 m
30	Libya Bikku Bitti	2,267 m
31	Djibouti Mousa Ali	2,021 m
32	Niger Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès	2,002 m
33	Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani	1,945 m
34	Eswatini Emlembe	1,862 m
35	Guinea Mount Nimba	1,752 m
36	Ivory Coast Mount Nimba	1,752 m
37	Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi	1,544 m
38	Liberia Mount Wuteve	1,447 m
39	Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui	1,410 m
40	Mali Hombori Tondo	1,155 m
41	Gabon Mont Bengoué	1,070 m
42	Togo Mont Atilakoutse	991 m
43	Mauritania Kediet ej Jill	915 m
44	Seychelles Morne Seychellois	905 m
45	Ghana Leklata	900 m
46	Mauritius Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire	828 m
47	Burkina Faso Mount Tenakourou	747 m
48	Benin Mont Sokbaro	658 m
49	Senegal Felo Barkere	638 m
50	Guinea-Bissau Dongol Rondè	266 m
51	Gambia Sare Firasu Hill	51 m

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