Horn of Africa

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Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (alternatively Northeast Africa, and sometimes Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula of East Africa that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea, and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent. The term also refers to the greater region containing the countries of DjiboutiEthiopiaEritrea and Somalia. As such, it covers approximately 2,000,000 km² (772,200 mi²) and is inhabited by about 90.2 million people (Ethiopia: 75m, Somalia: 10m, Eritrea: 4.5m, and Djibouti: 0.7m).
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Horn of Africa
Noun
1. a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia
(synonym) Somali peninsula
(hypernym) peninsula
(part-holonym) Africa
(part-meronym) Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, Afars and Issas
(classification) Africa



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