Horn of Africa Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (, , , , ) (shortened to HOA; alternatively Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula in Northeast Africa. It juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent. Referred to in ancient and medieval times as "Land of the Berbers" and "Habesha", the Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. It covers approximately 2,000,000 km (770,000 sq mi) and is inhabited by roughly 115 million people
Going Up the Country ambiguous: "Going Up the Country" was first released on Canned Heat's third album, "Living the Blues", in October 1968. Liberty Records released the song as a single on November 22, 1968, which peaked at number 11 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart on January 25, 1969. "Going Up the Country" was Canned Heat's highest charting single in the US. In January 7, 1969, the song peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The song appears on several Canned Heat compilation albums, including "Canned Heat Cookbook", "" (1989) and "Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat" (1994). Canned