Unique Facts Individual East African Countries Have

Uganda Today: The East African enclave besides being the source of the  longest river in the world, to be precise, its source is found in Uganda at Jinja city running through Burundi, DRCongo,t, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan,Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda  up to its delta, in Egypt boasts of interesting other geographical  facts attributed to each individual country..

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. Ethiopia 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 neigbouring DRC regions.

11. Rwanda has the cleanest city in Africa.

12. Burundi once had monarchs.

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. 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. Has Lake Victoria which is the largest fresh water lake in Africa.

19. And 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. Ethiopia had the strongest Emperor and Monarchs that made them resist Colonization.

24. Tanzania , lake Tanganyika in Tanzania is the deepest lake in Africa,