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East African Community

East African Community
General information
NameEast African Community
(EAC)
Jumuiya ya Afrika ya Mashariki
Administrative centerHeadquarters
Government
East African Summit ChairmanTanzania Jakaya Kikwete
Secretary GeneralJuma Mwapachu
East African Summit SpeakerKenya Abdi Abdirahin
East African Council of Ministers ChairKenya Kenya
Geography
Total Area701028 sq mi (1815662.5 km2)
Demography
Population Est.131862000
Density (pop.)72.5/km2 (187.8/sq mi)
Economy
GDP PPPUS$ 149 billion (2007)
GDP (PPP) per capitaUS$1,200
GDP (nominal)US$ 61 billion (2007)
GDP (nominal) per capitaUS$488
Other information
HDI(+) - (medium) (-)
Currency5
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Kenyan shilling (KES)1
Tanzanian shilling (TZS)1
Ugandan shilling (UGX)1
Burundi franc (BIF)
Rwandan franc (RWF)
Time zoneEAT (UTC+ 3)
Websitewww.eac.int

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The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation comprising the five east African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The EAC was originally founded in 1967, collapsed in 1977, and was officially revived on July 7, 2000. In 2008, after negotiations with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the EAC agreed to an expanded free trade area including the member states of all three. The EAC is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community.

The EAC is a potential precursor to the establishment of the East African Federation, a proposed federation of its five members into a single state. In 2010, the EAC launched its own common market for goods, labour and capital within the region, with the goal of a common currency by 2012 and full political federation in 2015.


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