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Alexandra, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Alexandra, Mount, E Africa: see Ruwenzori, mts. ...

Albert Nyanza

(Encyclopedia)Albert Nyanza, E Africa: see Albert, Lake. ...

Victoria Nyanza

(Encyclopedia)Victoria Nyanza, Africa: see Victoria, Lake. ...

Abuja

(Encyclopedia)Abuja äbo͞oˈjə [key], city and federal capital territory (2021 metropolitan area est. pop. 3,278,000), central Nigeria. Plans to move the capital from Lagos were appro...

Karroo

(Encyclopedia)Karroo or Karoo both: kəro͞oˈ, kä– [key], the semiarid plateaus of South Africa. The Little Karroo, in Western Cape, is located N of the Langeberg and Outeniqua Ranges and extends c.200 mi (320 ...

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...

Malawi, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Malawi, Lake, E central Africa: see Nyasa, Lake. ...

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