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East Africa is a region in Africa. English is understood throughout some of the East Africa region. Swahili is understood and spoken by a large number of people.

Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Ethiopia
Kenya
Uganda
Mauritius
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Tanzania
Tanzania
Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa, bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic … Tanzania Travel Guide »
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima. Dar es Salaam Travel Guide »
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It is the 2nd-most populous nation in Africa, bordered by Eritrea to the … Ethiopia Travel Guide »
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Kenya
Kenya
Kenya is a country in Eastern Africa. Its Indian Ocean coast lies between Somalia to the north east and Tanzania to the south. Kenya Travel Guide »
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda is a country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the … Uganda Travel Guide »
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the north-west, and Kenya on its south-west. Somalia Travel Guide »
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea is in East Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan, with a long disputed border with Ethiopia. Eritrea Travel Guide »
Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar is a country that occupies a large island of the same name, located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. Madagascar Travel Guide »
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius is a small, multicultural island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and southeast of the Seychelles. Mauritius Travel Guide »
Rwanda
Rwanda is a relatively stable East African country, and easily accessible from Kenya and Uganda. It is relatively easy, safe and simple to travel around. Rwanda Travel Guide »
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi is a small country in East Africa, although it has some cultural and geographical ties with Central Africa. Burundi Travel Guide »
Seychelles
Seychelles
The Seychelles are a group of 115 islands, only a few inhabited, in the Indian Ocean that lie off the coast of East Africa, northeast of Madagascar. Seychelles Travel Guide »
Comoros
The Comoros are an island nation off the coast of East Africa, in the Indian Ocean between northern Mozambique and northern Madagascar. Comoros Travel Guide »
Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti is in East Africa, bordered by Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia to the west and south, and Somalia to the southeast. Djibouti Travel Guide »
Mayotte
Mayotte
Mayotte is a French island in the Indian Ocean off East Africa between Madagascar and Mozambique. Mayotte Travel Guide »
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East Africa Travel Guide is based on East Africa by Globe-trotter, Claus Hansen, Esther Brown, jan, Bill Ellett, Peter Fitzgerald, Burmesedays, LtPowers, iGuide and others. East Africa Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.