You did not even think about it, but the total area of African forests is 826.1 million hectares (or 8.26 million km2)
Africa is divided into four areas according to the nature of the forest and the degree of forest cover: the Northern Region is the subtropical region, the Western is the tropics (the most wooded area), the eastern region is the mountainous tropical region and the southern region is again the subtropics. Oak cork grows in subtropical forests in the lower part of the slopes of the Atlas Mountains and on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Cork patches are saved in the national parks Tazzeka and Tubkal of North Africa, in Morocco. In a number of parks in Algeria – Akfadu, Babor, Jebel Guraya, Jur Jura, and Ouarzenis – the cork oak tree is also preserved.
Thus, it can be stated that the cork forests occupy quite large areas of Africa: In Morocco, they are spread over the territory of more than 370 thousand hectares and give 15-18 thousand tons of cork annually. In Algeria, the area of cork oak forests is 440 thousand hectares, 35 – 40 thousand tons of cork are harvested annually. In Tunisia, such forests occupy about 120 thousand hectares, and the annual harvesting of cork is about 5 thousand tons.