05/07/2022
Meet East African community
25 Top Facts about Eastern African countries
1. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 has the largest population of (114,963,588 people.)
2. Somalia 🇸🇴 has the largest coastline in the region.
3. Kenya 🇰🇪 has the highest GDP in the region.
4. South Sudan 🇸🇸 is the leading Oil Producing Country in the region.
5. Djibouti 🇩🇯 has the smallest population in the region.
6. Tanzania 🇹🇿 has the highest point in Africa, MT Kilimanjaro.
7. Eritrea 🇪🇷 has the strongest military in the region.
8. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 has the largest Dam, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project in Africa.
9. Kenya 🇰🇪 has the largest desert lake in the world, lake Turkana
10. Uganda 🇺🇬 supplies electricity to Kenya, Tanzania and nearby DRC regions.
11. Rwanda 🇷🇼 has the cleanest city in Africa.
12. Eritrea 🇪🇷 has a 1,215 kilometer coastline in Red Sea, and a hundreds of kilometers of coast around its more than 350 islands.
13. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is rich with historical sites of king's castles and Emperor's Palaces.
14. The Name Of The Eritrean🇪🇷 Capital City ‘’Asmara’’ Means ‘’They Made Them Unite’’
15. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 has the largest lion species on earth, the Barbary lion with dark fur on the neck
16. Eritrea 🇪🇷, Sudan 🇸🇩, South Sudan 🇸🇸 and Ethiopia 🇪🇹 have a long history dating back 3500 years ago.
17. Sudan 🇸🇩 has some ancient pyramids on its northern region.
18. Kenya 🇰🇪, Uganda 🇺🇬, and Tanzania 🇹🇿 has Lake Victoria which is the largest fresh water lake in Africa.
19. Tanzania 🇹🇿 and Kenta 🇰🇪 have serengeti and maasai mara home to the great migration and 8th wonder of the world.
20. Kenya 🇰🇪 Mombasa Port was the first port in the region to be established in 1896.
21. Somalia 🇸🇴 was the first country in Africa to produce a pilot.
22. In Uganda 🇺🇬, less than one dollar is enough to sustain you for a day.
23. Eritrea 🇪🇷 fought the longest independence war (30+) against Italia, British, and Ethiopia.
24. Tanzania 🇹🇿, lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake in Africa.
25. Lastly the longest river in the world is river Nile which is estimated to be 30 million years old.
Source: WorldAtlas
