Countries in Eastern Africa - Social Studies CBC Grade 6 Notes

• Position and Size of Countries in Eastern Africa
  
  • Countries in Eastern Africa
  • Position Of Countries Of Eastern African
  • Size Of The Countries Of Eastern Africa
  • Locating Places On A Map Using Latitudes And Longitudes
    
    • Latitudes
      
      • Characteristics Of Latitudes
    • Longitudes
      
      • Characteristics Of Longitudes

Position and Size of Countries in Eastern Africa

Countries in Eastern Africa

• Eastern Africa is the region located in the eastern region of Africa.
• It is made up of eleven independent countries namely:
  
  1. Sudan
  2. Ethiopia
  3. Tanzania
  4. Somalia
  5. South Sudan
  6. Kenya
  7. Uganda
  8. Eritrea
  9. Burundi
  10. Rwanda
  11. Djibouti

NB

• Sudan is the largest country in eastern Africa
• South Sudan became independent in JULY 2011
• Djibouti is the smallest country in eastern Africa
• Countries without a coastline are called landlocked e.g. Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda,
• Ethiopia and South Sudan.

Position Of Countries Of Eastern African

• Using a compass you can locate position of a country in relation to her neighbours.
• Kenya lies to the -:
  
  • North east of Tanzania
  • South of Ethiopia
  • South east of South Sudan,
  • East of Uganda
  • West of Somalia
  • Immediate neighbours of Kenya are Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

Size Of The Countries Of Eastern Africa

 
Locating Places On A Map Using Latitudes And Longitudes

• Eastern Africa lies within latitudes 22 ̊N AND 12 ̊S and between longitudes 22 ̊E and 51 ̊E/52 ̊E.

Latitudes

• These are imaginary lines that runs from west to east
• They are also called parallels
• The main line of latitude is equator at 0 ̊
• Equator divides the earth into two equal halves called hemisphere.

Characteristics Of Latitudes

• They are parallel
• They are of different lengths
• They affect climate
• They are measured in degrees from the equator
• They are 180 lines of latitudes in total
• Latitudes lines are;
  
  • Equator at 00
  • The tropic of cancer 23 ½º N
  • The arctic circle 66 ½ ̊N
  • The tropic of Capricorn 23 ½º S
  • The Antarctic circle 66 ½º S

Longitudes

• These are imaginary lines that run from North Pole to south pole of the earth
• They are also called meridians or horizontals
• Main line of longitude is Greenwich meridian at 0 ̊
• Greenwich meridian is also called prime meridian
• Prime meridian passes through the Greenwich town in London and Accra in Ghana

Characteristics Of Longitudes

• They run from north to south
• They are not parallel
• They meet at the poles they affect time
• They are of the same length
• They are measured in degrees east por west of prime meridian
• They are 360 ̊ lines of longitudes in total.

Unity among eastern African countries can be promote through trade