Gabashin Afirka, Gabashin Afirka، ko Gabashin Afirka. A cikin tsarin Sashen Kididdiga na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na yankuna, yankuna 10-11-(16 *) sun hada da Gabashin Afirka:
Yarjejeniyar kimiyya ta bayyana cewa yankin Gabashin Afirka shine inda mutane na zamani suka fara samo asali kimanin shekaru 200,000 da suka gabata kafin su yi ƙaura zuwa arewa da gabas daga Afirka.
Saboda tarihin Daular Omani da yankunan mulkin mallaka na British East Africa Protectorate da Jamusanci East Africa, ana amfani da kalmar Gabashin Afirka (musamman a cikin harshen Ingilishi) don nunawa musamman ga yankin da yanzu ya ƙunshi ƙasashe uku na Kenya, Tanzania, da Uganda.[1][2][3][4] Koyaya, wannan bai taɓa zama taron ba a wasu harsuna da yawa, inda kalmar gabaɗaya tana da faɗin ƙasa, sabili da haka yawanci sun haɗa da Djibouti, Eritrea, Habasha, da Somalia.[5][6][7][8][9]
Réunion, Mayotte (a fannin ƙasa wani ɓangare ne na Tsibirin Comoro) da Tsibirin da aka Scattered a cikin Tekun Indiya yankunan kasashen waje na Faransa kuma a cikin Tekin Indiya.
Mozambique da Madagascar galibi ana ɗaukar su wani ɓangare na Kudancin Afirka, a gefen gabashin yankin. Madagascar tana da alaƙa ta al'adu da kudu maso gabashin Asiya da Gabashin Afirka, da tsibirin Tekun Indiya.
Malawi, Zambia, da Zimbabwe sau da yawa ana haɗa su a Kudancin Afirka, kuma a baya sun kafa Tarayyar Afirka ta Tsakiya (wanda aka fi sani da Tarihin Rhodesia da Nyasaland).
Sudan ta Kudu da Sudan gabaɗaya suna cikin kwarin Nilu. Suna cikin yankin arewa maso gabashin nahiyar. Har ila yau, membobin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na Gabas da Kudancin Afirka (COMESA) yankin cinikayya kyauta.
↑"East Africa". The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Judy Pearsall, ed. 2001. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; p. 582. "The eastern part of the African continent, especially the countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania."
↑Robert M. Maxon, East Africa: An Introductory History, 2 Revised edition, (West Virginia University: 1994), p. 1
↑Mary Fitzpatrick and Tom Parkinson, Lonely Planet East Africa, 7th edition, (Lonely Planet Publications: 2006), p. 13
↑Stock, Africa South of the Sahara, Second Ed., p. 24
↑Somaliland is not included in the United Nations geoscheme, as it is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia.
↑"East Africa". Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. 2001. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.; p. 339. "A term often used of the area now comprising the countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia; sometimes used to include also other neighboring countries of E Africa."
↑Encyclopædia Britannica, inc, Jacob E. Safra, The New Encyclopædia Britannica, (Encyclopædia Britannica: 2002), p.61
↑"East Africa". Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. 2003. The Gage Group Inc. "East Africa comprises ten countries: Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya."
↑Sandra Fullerton Joireman, Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa, (Universal-Publishers: 1997), p.1
↑Robert Stock, Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation, (The Guildford Press; 2004), p. 26
↑Michael Hodd, East Africa Handbook, 7th Edition, (Passport Books: 2002), p. 21: "To the north are the countries of the Horn of Africa comprising Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia."
↑Encyclopedia Britannica, inc, Jacob E. Safra, The New Encyclopedia Britannica, (Encyclopædia Britannica: 2002), p.61: "The northern mountainous area, known as the Horn of Africa, comprises Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Somaliland."
↑Sandra Fullerton Joireman, Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa, (Universal-Publishers: 1997), p.1: "The Horn of Africa encompasses the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. These countries share similar peoples, languages, and geographical endowments."