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| − | [[Image:East-Africa.svg|right|thumb|350px| | + | [[Image:Map_of_East_Africa_Countries.svg|right|thumb|350px|Map of countries included in East Africa according to the UN geoscheme <ref>{{cite web |title=Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49) |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49 |publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>]] |
| − | {{legend|#006400|East Africa<ref>[http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/Y1997E/y1997e0l.htm FAO]</ref><ref>[http://www.irinnews.org/Africa-Region.aspx?Region=HOA&Service=ENG IRIN Africa]</ref><ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108361/eastern-Africa Encyclopaedia Britannica Online]</ref>}}
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| − | {{legend|#00f000|Countries sometimes included in East Africa}}]]
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| | '''East Africa''' is the most [[east]]ern [[region]] of the [[Africa]]n [[continent]]. There are different ways to describe the area East Africa covers - it can be defined by [[geography]] or [[country|countries]]. It has some of the earliest found [[fossil]]s of [[human]]s. | | '''East Africa''' is the most [[east]]ern [[region]] of the [[Africa]]n [[continent]]. There are different ways to describe the area East Africa covers - it can be defined by [[geography]] or [[country|countries]]. It has some of the earliest found [[fossil]]s of [[human]]s. |
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| | == East Africa Media == | | == East Africa Media == |
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| − | File:Map_of_East_Africa_Countries.svg|Map of East Africa Countries | + | File:Regions of the African Union.svg|Regions of the African Union:{{Infobox/Columns|*{{legend|#66c2a5|Northern}}*{{legend|#fc8d62|Western}}*{{legend|#8da0cb|Southern}}|*{{legend|#a6d854|Eastern}}*{{legend|#e78ac3|Central}}}}*Note that [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[North Africa|Northern Africa]] are parts of [[Spain]]. |
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| | File:Bienvenida al Museo de Lucy.jpg|Reconstruction of a female ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' | | File:Bienvenida al Museo de Lucy.jpg|Reconstruction of a female ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' |
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| | File:A group of Shilluk, ca 1860.jpg|A group of [[Shilluk people|Shilluk]] in around 1860 | | File:A group of Shilluk, ca 1860.jpg|A group of [[Shilluk people|Shilluk]] in around 1860 |
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| − | File:Der Durchbruch der Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika über den Rowuma MItte November 1917. Darstellung von Carl Arriens.jpg|The [[Battle of Ngomano]] during the [[East African campaign (World War I)|East African campaign]] in November 1917
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| − | File:Military Parade of Italian Troops in Addis Ababa (1936).jpg|Italian troops in [[Addis Ababa]], 1936
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| | </gallery> | | </gallery> |
| | == References == | | == References == |