Zimbabwe

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Area: 390.760 Km2

Coin: Zimbabwe dollar

PIB: 2.038 $ per capita

Language: English

Name official: Republic of Zimbabwe.

Capital: Harare (ex Salisbury) 1.600.000 inhabitants (2006).

Other cities: Bulawayo 794.600 inhabitants; Chitungwiza 390.600; Mutare 168.100 (2000).

Government: Presidencialist

Religion: traditional African cults (55%); Christians (45%), mostly Anglicans.

    Geography: Zimbabwe country is a high, undulated plateau. The most important area– or High Veld–, a combination of fertile soils, favourable rainfalls and new posibilities of mining, concentrates most of the urban population. The weather is tropical, regulated by the altitude.

Kenya

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Superficie terrestre: 580.370 Km2

Coin: Kenyan shilling

PIB: 1.240 $ per capita

Language: English and Suahili

Name official: Jamhuri ya Kenya

Capital: Nairobi 2.575.000 inhabitants (2003).

Otras cities: Mombasa 685.000 inhabitants; Nakuru 319.200; Kisumu 266.300; Machakos 173.700(2000).
Government: Presidencialist
Religión: Christians 73%; traditional religions 20%; Muslims

   Geography. Kenya country is located in the central-East coast of Africa. The country lacks of ethnic and geographic uniformity. Four regions can be distinguished from East to West: a coastal plain, with regular rainfall and tropical jungles; an interior area, sparcely populated, with little rainfall in the North and North-East; a mountainous area at the East side of the Great Rift Valley, with a climate ruled by high-altitude zones and volcanic soil suitable for farming, where most of the population and economic activities are concentrated; and, finally, the West area is filled by an arid plateau, although part of it benefits from the proximity of Lake Victoria.

Ethiopia

   Geography. Ethiopia is a mountainous country, without coasts, with an altitude higher than 4.000 m. It is isolated of neighbour regions due to its topography. There are three vegetation areas, disposed in terms of altitude, in the plateaus and mountains: the high plateau, which are higher than 2.500 metres, is rainy and cold. The Dega is where cereals are cultivated and cattle is herd. In the deep valleys which crossed the plateau warm rainy regions and jungles are founded: it is called the Kolla (over 1.500 m). The medium plateaus (1.500-2.500 m), with a less rainy, warm weather, are the most populated areas. There, coffee and cotton are cultivated. At East, the desertic plateau of Ogaden has a population of Somali nomad sheperds.