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Morroco

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  Morocco  ,officially the  Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in the  Maghreb  region of  North Africa . It overlooks the  Mediterranean Sea  to the north and the  Atlantic Ocean  to the west, with land borders with  Algeria  to  the east  and  Western Sahara  ( status disputed ) to  the south . Morocco also claims the  exclaves  of  Ceuta ,  Melilla  and  Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera , all of them under  Spanish  jurisdiction, as well as several small  Spanish-controlled islands  off its coast.The capital is  Rabat  and the largest city is  Casablanca .Morocco spans an area of 710,850 km 2  (274,460 sq mi) and has a population of over 36 million. Since the foundation of the  first Moroccan state  by  Idris I  in 788 AD, the country has been ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching...

South Africa

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  South Africa , officially the  Republic of South Africa  ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in  Africa . With over 59 million people, it is the world's  24th-most populous nation  and covers an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 sq mi). South Africa has three capital cities: executive  Pretoria , judicial  Bloemfontein  and legislative  Cape Town . The largest city is  Johannesburg . About 80% of South Africans are of  Black African  ancestry,divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking  different African languages .The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of  European ,  Asian , and  multiracial  ancestry. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of  Southern Africa  stretching along the  South Atlantic  and  Indian Oceans ;to the north by the neighbouring countries of...

Ethiopia

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  Ethiopia , officially the  Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , is a  landlocked country  in  East Africa . It shares borders with  Eritrea  to the north,  Djibouti  to the northeast,  Somalia  to the east,  Kenya  to the south,  South Sudan  to the west and  Sudan  to the northwest. With over 109 million inhabitants as of 2019, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the  African continent  (after  Nigeria ). The country has a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is  Addis Ababa , which lies a few miles west of the  East African Rift  that splits the country into the  African  and  Somali  tectonic plates. Ethiopian national identity is grounded in the historic and contemporary roles of Christianity and Islam, and the indepen...

SOUTH AFRICA

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South Africa , officially the  Republic of South Africa  ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in  Africa . With over  59 million people , it is the world's  24th-most populous nation  and covers an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 sq mi). South Africa has three capital cities: executive  Pretoria , judicial  Bloemfontein  and legislative  Cape Town . The largest city is  Johannesburg . About 80% of South Africans are of  Black African  ancestry,divided among a  variety of ethnic groups  speaking  different African languages . [12]  The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of  European ,  Asian , and  multiracial  ancestry. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of  Southern Africa  stretching along the  South Atlantic  and  Indian Oceans ;to the north by the neighbouring count...