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  2. East Africa Time - Wikipedia

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    East Africa Time. a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland. b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively. East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00), which is the same as Moscow ...

  3. East Africa - Wikipedia

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    East Africa. East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the region is recognized in the United Nations Statistics Division scheme as encompassing 18 sovereign states ...

  4. History of East Africa - Wikipedia

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    The history of East Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and the post-colonial period, in which the current nations were formed. East Africa is the eastern region of Africa, bordered by North Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Sahara Desert.

  5. Geography of Asia - Wikipedia

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    These varying definitions are not generally reflected in the map of Asia as a whole; for example, Egypt is typically included in the Middle East, but not in Asia, even though the bulk of the Middle East is in Asia. The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb.

  6. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO): promotion of sustainable development of the Amazon Basin; AMEA: Asia, Middle East and Africa; America (AMER): Usage varies; it may refer to just the United States of America, or just North America, or all of North and South America combined, or some other combination.

  7. Time in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Time in Africa. Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, spans across six different time zone offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC−01:00 to UTC+04:00. [2][3] As Africa straddles the equator and tropics, there is little change in daylight hours throughout the year [4] and as such daylight saving time ...

  8. Middle East and North Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) [1] or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), [2][3] is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also called West Asia) and North Africa together. However, it is widely considered to be a more defined and apolitical alternative to the ...

  9. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    Yes. Long formats: English: mmmm d, yyyy DMY dates are also used occasionally, primarily by, but not limited to, government institutions such as on the data page of passports, and immigration and customs forms. Filipino: ika- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy [ 135 ] or a- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy (Note: Month and year can be shortened.