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…gets its name from one of the African Great Lakes, which sits on its eastern border?
…observes a bi-monthly car free Sunday to reduce air pollution and promote healthy living?
…is home to half of the world’s mountain gorillas?
…has a parliament that is over 60% female?
…was once known as Abyssinia?
…is frequently ranked alongside South Sudan as the poorest nation in the world by GDP per capita?
…is home to Dar es Salaam, a port city meaning “city of peace” in Arabic?
…bears the grey-crowned crane on its flag?
…bears a Maasai shield and spears on its flag?
…gained independence in 2011 following a bloody war with its northern neighbor?
…is only approximately 26m from Yemen, separated by the Gulf of Aden?
…bears an AK-47 on its flag?
…is the origin of peri-peri cooking, which blends African and Portuguese flavors?
…is home to many geographical wonders, such as Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti?
…has the longest coastline in Africa?
…has a population of over 110 million?
…gained independence in 1992 following a bloody war with Ethiopia?
…was the origin of the dodo bird?
…was the only African country never officially colonized?
…has roughly 90% of its wildlife found nowhere else on Earth, nicknamed “the eighth continent”?
…was settled between 500 and 700 AD by seafarers from Borneo, and has Austronesian roots to this day?
…formed in 1964 with the union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika?
…is named for its tallest mountain, the second-tallest in all of Africa?
…is the only Arab nation completely in the southern hemisphere?
…has produced many of the world’s fastest long-distance runners?
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
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Mozambique
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
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Level 62
Apr 21, 2026
Nice one; learned some interesting things from this.

The length of a coastline is a tricky thing, because it depends how closely you zoom in; I remember reading about that in a discussion about fractals. A quick search of the web suggests that Madagascar has a claim to the title, but who knows.