What do you really know about Eastern Africa?25 Top Facts about Eastern African countries.
- Ethiopia has the largest population of (114,963,588 people.)
- Somalia has the largest coastline in the region.
- Kenya has the highest GDP in the region.
- South Sudan is the leading Oil Producing Country in the region.
- Djibouti has the smallest population in the region.
- Tanzania has the highest point in Africa, MT Kilimanjaro.
- Ethiopia has the strongest military in the region.
- Ethiopia has the largest Dam, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project in Africa.
- Kenya has the largest desert lake in the world, Lake Turkana
- Uganda supplies electricity to Kenya, Tanzania and nearby DRC regions.
- Rwanda has the cleanest city in Africa.
- Burundi once had monarchs.
- Ethiopia is rich with historical sites of king’s castles and Emperor’s Palaces.
- Eritrea The population of women in Eritrea is more than that of men.
- Ethiopia has the largest lion breed on earth, the Barbary lion with dark fur on the neck
- Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia have a long history dating back 4500 years ago.
- Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.
- Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have Lake Victoria which is the largest fresh water lake in Africa.
- Tanzania And Kenya have the Serengeti and Maasai Mara home to the great migration and 8th wonder of the world.
- Kenya Mombasa Port has been a port since before the 14th century; the eye witness was Ibn Battuta.
- Somalia was the first country in East Africa to produce a pilot.
- In Uganda , less than one dollar is enough to sustain you for a day.
- Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea have followed Christianity for more than 1600 years.
- Tanzania , Lake Tanganyika in Tz is the deepest lake in Africa,
- Lastly the longest river in the world is river Nile which is estimated to be 30 million years old…
