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The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa. Located on the easternmost part of the African mainland, it is the fourth largest peninsula in the world. It is composed of Somalia (incl. Somaliland), Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.
- 1,882,757 km²
- 140,683,144 (2020 est.)
2 de may. de 2024 · Horn of Africa, region of eastern Africa. It is the easternmost extension of African land and is home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, whose cultures have been linked throughout their long history. Learn more about the Horn of Africa in this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Horn of Africa. The history of the Horn of Africa has largely been dominated by Ethiopia and has been characterized by struggles between Muslim and other herdsmen and Christian farmers for resources and living space. The Christians mostly spoke Semitic languages and the Muslims Cushitic tongues.
4 de jun. de 2021 · The Horn of Africa has an estimated 140.7 million people, about 11% of Africa’s total population. Ethiopia is the region’s largest country, with 112 million people, about 80% of the region’s total population. Somalia is the second most populated country, with 16.3 million inhabitants.
- John Misachi
Afar, a people of the Horn of Africa who speak Afar (also known as ’Afar Af), a language of the Eastern Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They live in northeastern Ethiopia, southeastern Eritrea, and Djibouti, where, with the Issas, they are the dominant people.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 de nov. de 2022 · Inside the Horn of Africa’s hunger crisis Drought, conflict, instability, and rising prices are creating unprecedented levels of food insecurity and looming famine, photojournalist reports.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are still struggling with the lingering effects of the severe and prolonged 2021-2023 drought (the worst in 40 years) as well as the impact of floods in the second half of 2023.
