STS+Location

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Here on the Location page you will see a map of Kenya and Tanzania where the Swahili people live, you will also find out the location of where few of the Swahili people live. = = Here is a map of where the Swahili people live, around Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Somalia. Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Mozambique and Tanzania are located in Africa. Though Comoro Island is not included, below you will see an image of Comoro Islands, where some of the Swahili's live. The Swahili people also live at other countries like Zanzibar and East Congo. But most of the Swahili’s live in Kenya and Tanzania. = =



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Tanzania is the world’s 31st largest country (after Egypt) It is comparable in size to Nigeria, and is about half the size of Alaska(located in the US) Tanzania is located in the north-east which has a lot of mountains surrounding its location, and one of the mountains is where the highest peak of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, which is about 19,340 feet (5895 meters). Wow, that’s really high! It is also the tallest free standing mountain in the world!

Kenya is the world’s 47th largest country( after Madagascar) it is about the same size as France but it’s smaller than Texas( a state located in the US) Kenya is located along the coast on the coast of the Indian Ocean. In the highlands of Kenya the highest point, located in all of Kenya is where the largest mountain in Kenya is located, Mount Kenya. Which is about 5,199 meters(17,058 feet). Mount Kenya was actually a volcano once before but between 2.6 to 3.1 million years ago the volcano erupted, and now the remains of the ancient volcano is called Mount Kenya.

The map of the whole world below shows where Africa is located; the area in green is Africa. Africa is actually the second largest continent in the world, and the largest continent in the world is Asia, which is on the top right of Africa.



Here is an image of Comoro Islands, which is home few Swahili people, and it shows a great view of where some of the Swahili's live. Most of the Swahili's live in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoro Island, and Somalia.

Africa is known as the 2nd largest continent in the whole world, the name “Afri” was the name of several people who lived in the north, and “ca” came from the Roman suffix which meant either country or land. Together the name Africa was put together and thus the name of a continent. The Latin word “aprica” meant “sunny”, and the in Greek “aphrike” meant “without cold”.

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