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East Africa
Also Known As Eastern Africa
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A region of eastern Africa reckoned by Encyclopaedia Britannica to comprise Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda together with the Horn of Africa states of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea, though the boundary against Central and Southern Africa is drawn differently by different sources. The region holds a chain of deep lakes belonging to the East African Rift, including Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi, and volcanic highlands whose fossil record has been central to the study of early human evolution. Its Indian Ocean coast, the Swahili Coast, carried centuries of trade linking the African interior to Arabia, Persia and South Asia.
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Area (sq km)Encyclopaedia Britannica figure for the Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Horn of Africa scope named in the entity description; the direct Britannica page could not be fetched live (bot block, queued) so this is corroborated by summing the seven constituent countries own areas rather than read off a single locator. Disputed
Population2017 CIA-derived estimate for the UN geoscheme eastern-Africa grouping; the region's own country membership varies by source. Cross-Tradition Connections
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The Rift African stretch, including Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi and its volcanic highlands, runs directly through this region.
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Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. East Africa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction sectionQuote, Introduction section
Since post-colonial independence the region has grown to be a populous region, with a 2017 estimate of over 537.9 million inhabitants.
Africa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Africa, History, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa sectionQuote, Associated With: Africa, History, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa section
the other went south and spread across Eastern and Southern Africa.
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionAssociated With: Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa regional structureQuote, Associated With: Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa regional structure
Sub-Saharan Africa (202): Eastern Africa (014), Middle Africa (017), Southern Africa (018), Western Africa (011)
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