Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa (or, Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula of East Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent, and so-called because of its resemblance to a rhinoceros's horn.

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Peninsula - East Africa - Arabian Sea - Gulf of Aden - Continent - Rhinoceros - Horn

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The term also refers to the greater region containing the republics of Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, and also the remaining portion of Somalia. As such, it covers approximately 2,000,000 km² and is inhabited by about 80 million people. Sudan and Kenya are sometimes included as well.

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Republic - Somaliland - Djibouti - Ethiopia - Eritrea - Somalia - Sudan - Kenya

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Greater Somalia is a nationalist goal to create a unified Somali state in the Horn of Africa, in the former and present states referred to by the five points of the star in the national flag of Somalia since that country's independence: the former British and Italian colonies of present Somalia, the former French Somaliland (now Djibouti), the Ogaden in Ethiopia, and a portion of Kenya.

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Greater Somalia - Nationalist - Somali - Ogaden

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