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Horn of Africa  

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  • The Horn of Africa (alternatively northeast Africa, and sometimes Somali peninsula) is a peninsula of East Africa that extends for hundreds of miles into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the geostrategically important waterway of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Horn of Africa]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KLTKPNMD-N

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