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Kenya is located in East Africa. Its terrain rises from a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean to mountains and plateaus at its center. Most Kenyans live in the highlands, where Nairobi, the capital, sits at an altitude of 5,500 feet (1,700 meters).

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1. rhinos, hippos, and elephants live in Kenya.

2. the children of Kenya can't go to school because their to busy helping their family's.

3. Kenya's terrain ranges from low coastal plains to the indian-ocean.

4. Kenya has a coastline on the indian ocean.

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1The capital and largest city is Nairobi. Mombasa is the second largest city.

2 In Kenya they drive on the left-hand side of the road.

3 Kenya gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1963.

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5 Kenya is named after Mt Kenya, the tallest mountain in the country

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In Kenya, more than 40 national parks and game reserves have been set aside for the conservation of wildlife and natural habitat.

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Kenya

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic

CAPITAL: Nairobi

POPULATION: 48,397,527

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Swahili, English

MONEY: Kenyan shilling

AREA: 224,081 square miles (580,367 square kilometers)

MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Aberdare Range, Mau Escarpment

MAJOR RIVERS: Athi/Galana, Tana

Even if you've never been to Kenya, chances are you know what it looks like. Kenya's savanna is familiar from movies, TV shows, books, and commercials. It's the landscape many people imagine when they think of Africa.

Kenya is located in East Africa. Its terrain rises from a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean to mountains and plateaus at its center. Most Kenyans live in the highlands, where Nairobi, the capital, sits at an altitude of 5,500 feet (1,700 meters).

West of Nairobi the land descends to the Great Rift Valley, a 4,000-mile (6,400-kilometer) tear in the Earth's crust. Within this valley in the deserts of northern Kenya are the jade-green waters of famous Lake Turkana.
Map created by National Geographic Maps

PEOPLE & CULTURE

In Kenya, more than 60 languages are spoken and there are more than 40 ethnic groups. Almost everyone there speaks more than one African language.

School is free in Kenya, but many children are too busy to go to classes. They help their families by working the land, tending cattle, cooking, or fetching water.

Music and storytelling are important parts of Kenyan culture. For centuries, tribes throughout the country have used songs, stories, and poems to pass on their beliefs, history, and customs.

Millions of people visit Kenya each year to see its endless savanna and the animals that inhabit it: elephants, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, hippos, rhinos, and more. The Kenyan government has set up more than 50 reserves and parks to protect these animals.

People seeking African wildlife usually focus on Kenya's lowland savannas. But Kenya's ecosystems also include deserts, swamps, mountain, and forests. Each region has its own mix of plants and animals that are suited to the area's particular conditions. Kenya's highland forests are home to many animals found nowhere else in the world.

GOVERNMENT

Kenya was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1920 until 1963. Since its independence, it has been a republic, with a president, a national assembly, called the Bunge, and a judiciary.

Kenya's location between the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria means that people from all over Africa and the Middle East have traveled and traded across it for centuries. This has created a diverse culture with many ethnic groups and languages.

Scientists think Northern Kenya and Tanzania may have been the original birthplace of humans. The bones of one of the earliest human ancestors ever found were discovered in Kenya's Turkana Basin.

Slavery is a big part of Kenya's history. During the 1600s and 1700s, many Kenyans were kidnapped and taken as slaves by Arabs, Europeans, and Americans. By the mid-19th century, slavery was outlawed by most countries, but by then, thousands of Kenyans and other East Africans had been taken to countries throughout the world.

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In Kenya, more than 40 national parks and game reserves have been set aside for the conservation of wildlife and natural habitat. OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Kenya FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic CAPITAL: Nairobi POPULATION: 48,397,527 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Swahili, English MONEY: Kenyan shilling AREA: 224,081 square miles (580,367 square kilometers) MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Aberdare Range, Mau Escarpment MAJOR RIVERS: Athi/Galana, Tana Even if you've never been to Kenya, chances are you know what it looks like.