Kenya Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Kenya with its capital Nairobi is located in Africa (Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean). It covers some 582,651 square kilometres (slightly more than twice the size of Nevada) with 37,953,000 citizens. English and Swahili (generic) are the the languages commonly used by the people in Kenya. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan, Somalia and Uganda are bordering countries.

Kenya is a country in Eastern Africa. Its Indian Ocean coast lies between Somalia to the north east and Tanzania to the south. Watch a wildlife migration.Go for a game drive in many parks and reserves found in the country. If you are on a tight schedule take a game drive in the Nairobi National Park found less than 20 minutes drive from the Cental Business District. Major attractions, big cats including lions and leopards, buffallos, a variety of antelop species, baboons, monkeys amongs others.

Pictures from Capital (Nairobi)

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About Kenya

The landscape features low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley and fertile plateau in west. The average density of population is about 65 per km². The climate in Kenya can be described as varying from tropical along coast to arid in interior. Potential threats by nature are recurring drought or flooding during rainy seasons.

To reach someone in Kenya dial +254 prior to a number. There are 664,100 installed telephones. And there are 19,365,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ke". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 8 regions/states in Kenya we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Kenyan population grew at a rate of 2.59% (or by 1,036,405 citizens). With 370,831 deaths and 1,407,236 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.59%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Kenya: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.