KENYA Republic of Kenya

GEOGRAPHY:

• Location:-------------- Eastern Africa
• Area:
     Total area:--- 582,650 sq. km
     Land area:--- 569,250 sq. km
  
• Capital city:-------------- Nairobi
• Natural resources:------------- Gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barytes, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife
  
  PEOPLE:
• Population:--------------- 30,337,071
• Literacy rate:-------------- 78.1% of total population (Males:86.3%, Females:70%)
• Languages:---------------- English (official), Swahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
• Religions:--------------- 38%-Protestant (including Anglican), 28%-Roman Catholic, 26%-indigenous beliefs, 8%-other
  
  VITAL STATISTICS:
  
• Birth rate:---------------- 32.44 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
• Death rate:---------------- 10.83 (per 1,000 population)
• Infant Mortality rate:------------ 55.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
• Fertility rate:--------------- 4.26 (per woman)
• Life Expectancy are birth:    Total population:--- 54.39 (Males:54.21, Females:54.59)
  
  GOVERNMENT:
  
• Type of Government:-------------- Republic
• Independence:-------------- December 12, 1963 (from UK)
• President:------------ Mwai Kibaki
  
  ECONOMY:
  
• GDP:-------------- purchasing power parity - $39.2 billion (1996)
     GDP real growth rate:--- 4%
     GDP per capita:--- $1,400
  
• Inflation rate (consumer prices):--------------- 1.6% (1995)
• National budget:
     Revenues:--- $2.7 billion
     Expenditures:--- $2.7 billion
  
• External debt:------------- $7 billion
• Currency:--------------- 1 Kenyan shilling = 100 cents
• Labor force:--------------- 8.78 million (1993)
• Unemployment rate:------------ 35% urban (1994)
• Agriculture:------------- Coffee, tea, corn(Maize), wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs.
• Industries:-------------- Small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural processing; oil refining, cement; tourism
• Exports:--------------- $1.9 billion
     Commodities:--- Tea, coffee, petroleum products
  
• Imports:------------- $2.6 billion
     Commodities:--- Machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum and petroleum products, iron and steel, raw materials, food and consumer goods
  
  DEFENCE:
  
• Defence expenditures:------------- Exchange rate conversion - $134 million, 3.9% of GDP

Geography: Kenya lies on the equitor in the east central Africa. On the south east is the Indian Ocean.
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