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East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the region is recognized in the United Nations Statistics Division scheme as encompassing 18 sovereign states and 4 territories.
One common approach categorizes Africa directionally, e.g., by cardinal direction (compass direction): North Africa lies north of the Sahara and runs along the Mediterranean coast. West Africa is the portion roughly west of 10° east longitude, excluding Northern Africa and the Maghreb. West Africa contains large portions of the Sahara Desert ...
Satellite view of Africa 1916 physical map of Africa. The average elevation of the continent approximates closely to 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, roughly near to the mean elevation of both North and South America, but considerably less than that of Asia, 950 m (3,120 ft). In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively ...
East Africa: Coordinates ... Road map of Tanzania. Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique. Geographic coordinates: ...
Seychelles is a small island country east of the African continent located in the Sea of Zanj due north of Madagascar, with Antsiranana as its nearest foreign city. [1] Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE.
Rwanda is located in East Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the co-ordinates . At 26,338 square kilometres (10,169 sq mi), Rwanda is the world's 149th-largest country. [2] It is comparable in size to Haiti or the state of Massachusetts in the United States.
A United Nations map of Uganda Location of Uganda Uganda map of Köppen climate classification. Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, West of Kenya, South of South Sudan, East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and North of Rwanda and Tanzania.
Ancient Greek geography of East Africa (28 P) B. Geography of Burundi (11 C, 11 P) C. Geography of the Comoros (9 C, 5 P) D. Geography of Djibouti (13 C, 6 P) E.