Editing Horn of Africa (section)

==Description==
The Horn of Africa Region consists of [[Djibouti]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somaliland]] and [[Somalia]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">John I. Saeed, ''Somali'' – Volume 10 of London Oriental and African language library, (J. Benjamins: 1999), p. 250.</ref><ref name="Joireman22">Sandra Fullerton Joireman, ''Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa'', (Universal-Publishers: 1997), p.1: "The Horn of Africa encompasses the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somaliland and Somalia. These countries share similar peoples, languages, and geographical endowments."</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Felter|first=Claire|date=1 February 2018|title=Somaliland: The Horn of Africa's Breakaway State|url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/somaliland-horn-africas-breakaway-state|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Council on Foreign Relations|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121005407/https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/somaliland-horn-africas-breakaway-state|url-status=live}} It covers approximately two million square kilometers (770,000 square miles) and is inhabited by roughly 115 million people (Ethiopia: 110 million, Somalia: 15.8 million, Eritrea: 6.4 million, and Djibouti: 921.8 thousand).</ref>

Geographically, the protruding shape that resembles a "horn" consists of most of Somalia and the easternmost part of Ethiopia, but the geopolitical "Horn of Africa region" also encompasses the rest of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351330011 |title=A Brief History of Judaism in the Somali Peninsula |date=May 2021 |author=Aweis A Ali |via=[[ResearchGate]] |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522141251/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351330011_A_Brief_History_of_Judaism_in_the_Somali_Peninsula |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldatlas.com/geography/horn-of-africa.html | title=Horn of Africa | date=4 June 2021 | access-date=13 August 2022 | archive-date=25 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025161239/https://www.worldatlas.com/geography/horn-of-africa.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://school.eb.com.au/?target=%2Flevels%2Fmiddle%2Farticle%2FHorn-of-Africa%2F472542 | title=Britannica School | access-date=13 August 2022 | archive-date=25 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025161240/https://school.eb.com.au/?target=/levels/middle/article/Horn-of-Africa/472542 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200709070199.html |title=Somalia: Africa Insight – Why Talk in Hotels Won't Yield Long Term Peace |author=Eliezer Wangulu |date=6 September 2007 |work=The Nation |place=Nairobi |via=[[AllAfrica]] |access-date=25 August 2022 |archive-date=8 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608231208/http://allafrica.com/stories/200709070199.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Some broader definitions may include [[Kenya]] and [[Sudan]].<ref name="BritannicaOnline">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Horn of Africa |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Horn-of-Africa |access-date=4 April 2022 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219155226/https://www.britannica.com/place/Horn-of-Africa |url-status=live }}</ref> The "Greater Horn Region" (GHR) might additionally include [[South Sudan]] and [[Uganda]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1x73f1 |title=Regional Integration, Identity and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa |date=2012 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-84701-058-2 |jstor=10.7722/j.ctt1x73f1 |access-date=12 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210193032/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1x73f1 |archive-date=10 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The term "Greater Horn of Africa" is sometimes used to be inclusive of neighbouring [[southeast Africa]]n countries to distinguish the broader geopolitical definition of the Horn of Africa from narrower peninsular definitions.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Schreck, Carl J. 2004">Schreck, Carl J., and Fredrick HM Semazzi. "Variability of the recent climate of eastern Africa." International Journal of Climatology 24.6 (2004): 681–701.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Somalia | title=Somalia &#124; Election, President, News, Capital, & Economy &#124; Britannica | access-date=13 August 2022 | archive-date=22 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122030214/https://www.britannica.com/place/Somalia | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Horn of Africa Base Map.png|thumb|The Greater Horn of Africa consists of more than the typical four countries, including also [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]].<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1x73f1|jstor = 10.7722/j.ctt1x73f1|title = Regional Integration, Identity and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa|year = 2012|publisher = Boydell & Brewer|isbn = 9781847010582|access-date = 12 December 2021|archive-date = 10 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211210193032/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1x73f1|url-status = live}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=April 2025}}]]

The Horn of Africa commonly is referred to simply as "the Horn", while inhabitants are sometimes colloquially termed Horn Africans or Horners.<ref name="Teklehaimanot, Hailay Kidu 2015"/><ref name=":0" /> Regional studies on the Horn of Africa are carried out in the fields of [[Ethiopian studies]] and [[Somali studies]].