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East African Countries

East African Countries

Burundi

Area:

10,747 sq mi

Capital:

Gitega

Population: 

12,255,433

Official Language (s):

Kirundi, French

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Comoros

Area:

863 sq mi

Capital:

Moroni

Population: 

836,774

Official Language (s):

Comorian, Arabic, French

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Djibouti

Area:

8,958 sq mi

Capital:

Djibouti city

Population: 

1,016,097

Official Language (s):

French, Arabic

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Eritrea

Area:

46,842 sq mi

Capital:

Asmara

Population: 

6,081,196

Official Language (s):

Tigrinya, Arabic, English

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Ethiopia

Area:

426,372 sq mi

Capital:

Addis Ababa

Population: 

120,812,698

Official Language (s):

Amharic

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Kenya

Area:

224,081 sq mi

Capital:

Nairobi

Population: 

55,100,586

Official Language (s):

Swahili, English

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Uses square, yellow rear license plates

Madagascar

Area:

226,658 sq mi

Capital:

Antananarivo

Population: 

29,178,077

Official Language (s):

Malagasy, French

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Malawi

Area:

45,747 sq mi

Capital:

Lilongwe

Population: 

20,405,803

Official Language (s):

English, Chichewa

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Mauritius

Area:

790 sq mi

Capital:

Port Louis

Population: 

1,274,727

Official Language (s):

English

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Mozambique

Area:

309,496 sq mi

Capital:

Maputo

Population: 

33,089,461

Official Language (s):

Portuguese

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Rwanda

Area:

10,169 sq mi

Capital:

Kigali

Population: 

13,600,464

Official Language (s):

Kinyarwanda, English, Swahili

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Rwanda uses yellow license plates and has red dirt

Seychelles

Area:

176 sq mi

Capital:

Victoria

Population: 

100,447

Official Language (s):

English, French, Seselwa

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Somalia

Area:

246,201 sq mi

Capital:

Mogadishu

Population: 

16,841,795

Official Language (s):

Somali, Arabic

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South Sudan

Area:

248,777 sq mi

Capital:

Juba

Population: 

10,913,164

Official Language (s):

English

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Tanzania

Area:

364,900 sq mi

Capital:

Dodoma

Population: 

63,298,550

Official Language (s):

Swahili, English

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Uganda

Area:

93,065 sq mi

Capital:

Kampala

Population: 

48,432,863

Official Language (s):

English, Swahili

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Uganda is very hilly and you can often see the red roofs of houses

Zambia

Area:

290,587 sq mi

Capital:

Lusaka

Population: 

19,610,769

Official Language (s):

English

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Zimbabwe

Area:

150,872 sq mi

Capital:

Harare

Population: 

15,121,004

Official Language (s):

English, Shona, Ndebele

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