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Egypt Geography Egypt is in the Northern region of Africa, found close to Saudi Arabia in Asia. Although other African countries in the south have very strong economies, in the northern region, Egypt is among the poorer countries. The average annual income of a household is $1,530 a year. Due to the poverty, over 1.5 million of the population is mentally disabled, which is why the Egyptian government has placed a high priority on disabled citizens, meaning that over 10 million people living there can’t reach their food needs. Egypt History Being in the north of Africa, it has slightly more Islamic cultures rather than tribal cultures found in the south. Egypt was the most advanced country in the world 7000 years ago, which took England 5000 years to reach that standard of technology. It may not necessarily have the strongest economy today, but it had the strongest technology several thousand years ago. The capital city of Egypt is Cairo. South Africa Geography South Africa is well known for it’s mining industry. There are many gold and diamond mines which is why South Africa has a very strong economy. The gold industry is the main thing that runs the economy in South Africa along side farming and car manufacturing. It is also able to communicate with other African countries because surprisingly it has 11 languages. South Africa History South Africa isn’t like countries in the northern region. South Africa is made up of mainly 5 different biomes: grasslands, mountains, savannah/deserts and jungles. South Africa has 4 seasons in the UK, but at completely different times. Summer starts in December and winter starts in June. South Africa also has the Kalahari Desert. Not all of it is in South Africa, but only the Southern region of it. The capital cities of South Africa are Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein. Morocco Geography Nearly one third of Morocco's labour force is employed in agriculture. Wheat, barley, and sugar beets are the main crops in their trade. Morocco isn’t the strongest economy in Africa because it is only one of the most recent African economies. Drought and extreme rainfall is a problem for the Moroccan economy because the crops are often drowned and some areas are deprived. Morocco is also rich in mining and among the world's largest industries. They often mine phosphate rock, phosphoric acid iron. Morocco History Morocco has a very weak economy in the 1980s, but since taking the throne in 1999, King Mohammed IV has been able to bring the Moroccan economy back into a stable position. Today the GDP of Morocco is at roughly 175 billion dollars. Since their rise in economy, only 15% of Moroccan citizens live in poverty, and nearly 40% of Moroccans work in the labour force. The capital of Morocco is Marrakech. I think that these African countries are all different in different aspects. I chose one from the south and two from the north to show that African biomes can be very different, and also that two countries in the same region can have very different histories. For example, South Africans speak 11 different languages, but Morocco’s culture is influenced by English and French, which also influence the languages spoken in Egypt, along with German being spoken as well.