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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Kenya:

Kenya is a country in East Africa. The capital city is Nairobi, 2nd largest in Africa (after Cairo). Kenya spans an area about 85% the size of France or Texas. The population has grown rapidly in recent decades to roughly 38 million. Kenya has numerous wildlife reserves, containing thousands of animal species. The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and the second among the highest mountain peaks of Africa,^[1][2] and both were originally usually pronounced /ˈkiːnjə/^[3] in English, though the native pronunciation and the one intended by the original transcription Kenia was [ˈkɛnja].^[4] During the presidency of Jomo Kenyatta in the 1960s, the current English pronunciation of /ˈkɛnjə/ became widespread because his name retained the native pronunciation.^[5] Before 1920, the area now known as Kenya was known as the British East Africa Protectorate and so there was no need to mention mount when referring to the mountain.^[1]

• Pronunciation: /ˈkɛnjə/ or /ˈkiːnjə/
• Common English country name: Kenya
• Official English country name: The Republic of Kenya
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Kenyan
• Demonym(s):
• International rankings of Kenya
• ISO country codes: KE, KEN, 404
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:KE
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ke

Geography of Kenya

• Kenya is: a country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere, on the Equator
    • Africa
      • East Africa
  • Time zone(s):
  • Land boundaries: 3,477 km

 Uganda 933 km

 Ethiopia 861 km

 Tanzania 769 km

 Somalia 682 km

 South Sudan 232 km

• Coastline: Indian Ocean 536 km

• Population of Kenya: 37,538,000 – 28th most populous country
• Area of Kenya: 580,367 km²
• Atlas of Kenya

Environment of Kenya

• Climate of Kenya
• Ecology of Kenya
  • Ecoregions in Kenya
  • Renewable energy in Kenya
• Protected areas of Kenya
  • Biosphere reserves in Kenya
  • National parks of Kenya
• Wildlife of Kenya
  • Fauna of Kenya
    • Birds of Kenya
    • Mammals of Kenya

• Glaciers of Kenya
• Lakes of Kenya
• Mountains of Kenya
  • Volcanoes in Kenya
• Rivers of Kenya
• World Heritage Sites in Kenya

Regions of Kenya

List of ecoregions in Kenya

• Ecoregions in Kenya

Administrative divisions of Kenya

• Counties of Kenya

Counties of Kenya Kenya is divided into 47 Counties

Code	County	Former Province	Area (km2)	Population Census 2009	Capital
1	Mombasa	Coast	212.5	939,370	Mombasa (City)
2	Kwale	Coast	8,270.3	649,931	Kwale
3	Kilifi	Coast	12,245.9	1,109,735	Kilifi
4	Tana River	Coast	35,375.8	240,075	Hola
5	Lamu	Coast	6,497.7	101,539	Lamu
6	Taita-Taveta	Coast	17,083.9	284,657	Voi
7	Garissa	North Eastern	45,720.2	623,060	Garissa
8	Wajir	North Eastern	55,840.6	661,941	Wajir
9	Mandera	North Eastern	25,797.7	1,025,756	Mandera
10	Marsabit	Eastern	66,923.1	291,166	Marsabit
11	Isiolo	Eastern	25,336.1	143,294	Isiolo
12	Meru	Eastern	5,127.1	1,356,301	Meru
13	Tharaka-Nithi	Eastern	2,409.5	365,330	Chuka
14	Embu	Eastern	2,555.9	516,212	Embu
15	Kitui	Eastern	24,385.1	1,012,709	Kitui
16	Machakos	Eastern	5,952.9	1,098,584	Machakos
17	Makueni	Eastern	8,008.9	884,527	Wote
18	Nyandarua	Central	3,107.7	596,268	Ol Kalou
19	Nyeri	Central	2,361.0	693,558	Nyeri
20	Kirinyaga	Central	1,205.4	528,054	Kerugoya / Kutus
21	Murang'a	Central	2,325.8	942,581	Murang'a
22	Kiambu	Central	2,449.2	1,623,282	Kiambu
23	Turkana	Rift Valley	71,597.8	855,399	Lodwar
24	West Pokot	Rift Valley	8,418.2	512,690	Kapenguria
25	Samburu	Rift Valley	20,182.5	223,947	Maralal
26	Trans Nzoia	Rift Valley	2,469.9	818,757	Kitale
27	Uasin Gishu	Rift Valley	2,955.3	894,179	Eldoret
28	Elgeyo-Marakwet	Rift Valley	3,049.7	369,998	Iten
29	Nandi	Rift Valley	2,884.5	752,965	Kapsabet
30	Baringo	Rift Valley	11,075.3	555,561	Kabarnet
31	Laikipia	Rift Valley	8,696.1	399,227	Nanyuki
32	Nakuru	Rift Valley	7,509.5	1,603,325	Nakuru
33	Narok	Rift Valley	17,921.2	850,920	Narok
34	Kajiado	Rift Valley	21,292.7	687,312	Kajiado
35	Kericho	Rift Valley	2,454.5	752,396	Kericho
36	Bomet	Rift Valley	1,997.9	730,129	Bomet
37	Kakamega	Western	3,033.8	1,660,651	Kakamega
38	Vihiga	Western	531.3	554,622	Vihiga
39	Bungoma	Western	2,206.9	1,375,063	Bungoma
40	Busia	Western	1,628.4	743,946	Busia
41	Siaya	Nyanza	2,496.1	842,304	Siaya
42	Kisumu	Nyanza	2,009.5	968,909	Kisumu
43	Homa Bay	Nyanza	3,154.7	963,794	Homa Bay
44	Migori	Nyanza	2,586.4	917,170	Migori
45	Kisii	Nyanza	1,317.9	1,152,282	Kisii
46	Nyamira	Nyanza	912.5	598,252	Nyamira
47	Nairobi	Nairobi	694.9	3,138,369	Nairobi (City)
	Totals		581,309.0	38,610,097	Nairobi

List of cities in Kenya

• Capital of Kenya: Nairobi

Major towns:

Baragoi Bungoma Busia Dadaab Diani Beach Eldoret Embu Garissa Gede Hola Homa Bay Isiolo Kajiado Kakamega

Kakuma Kapenguria Kericho Kiambu Kilifi Kisii Kisumu Kitale Lamu Langata Lodwar Lokichoggio Loyangalani Machakos

Malindi Mandera Maralal Marsabit Meru Mombasa Moyale Mumia's Muranga (previous name Fort Hall) Nairobi Naivasha Nakuru Namanga

Nanyuki Narok Naro Moru Nyahururu Nyeri Ruiru Shimoni Takaungu Thika Voi Wajir Watamu Webuye Wundanyi

Some smaller towns:

Karen

Kilima Mbogo

Nakuru

Ngong

Demographics of Kenya

Politics of Kenya

• Form of government:
• Capital of Kenya: Nairobi
• Elections in Kenya
• Political parties in Kenya

Government of Kenya

• Head of State: President of Kenya, William Ruto
• Cabinet of Kenya

• Parliament of Kenya (bicameral)
  • Senate (upper house)
  • The National Assembly (lower house)

Court system of Kenya

• Supreme Court of Kenya

Foreign relations of Kenya

• Diplomatic missions in Kenya
• Diplomatic missions of Kenya

International organization membership of Kenya Kenya is a member of: The Republic of Kenya is a member of:^[6]

Law of Kenya

• Constitution of Kenya
• Crime in Kenya
• Human rights in Kenya
  • LGBT rights in Kenya
• Law enforcement in Kenya

Military of Kenya

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
• Forces
  • Army of Kenya
  • Navy of Kenya
  • Air Force of Kenya

Local government in Kenya

History of Kenya

• Current events of Kenya
• Military history of Kenya
• Related: Arab slave trade

Culture of Kenya

• Cuisine of Kenya
• Languages of Kenya
• Media in Kenya
• National symbols of Kenya
  • Coat of arms of Kenya
  • Flag of Kenya
  • National anthem of Kenya
• Prostitution in Kenya
• Public holidays in Kenya
• Religion in Kenya
  • Christianity in Kenya
  • Hinduism in Kenya
  • Islam in Kenya
• World Heritage Sites in Kenya
  • Lamu
  • Lake Turkana National Parks
  • Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests

• Cinema of Kenya
• Literature of Kenya
• Music of Kenya
• Video gaming in Kenya

Sports in Kenya

• Football in Kenya
• Kenya at the Olympics

Economy of Kenya

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 81st (eighty-first)
• Agriculture in Kenya
  • Poultry farming in Kenya
• Banking in Kenya
  • National Bank of Kenya
  • Kenya Commercial Bank
• Communications in Kenya
  • Internet in Kenya
• Companies of Kenya
• Currency of Kenya: Shilling
  • ISO 4217: KES
• Energy in Kenya
• Health care in Kenya
• Mining in Kenya
• Kenya Stock Exchange
  • Nairobi Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Kenya
  • Shopping malls in Kenya
  • Hypermarkets in Kenya
• Transport in Kenya
• List of airlines in Kenya
  • Air transport in Kenya
    • Airports in Kenya
    • Kenya Airways
  • Rail transport in Kenya
  • Roads in Kenya
• Water supply and sanitation in Kenya

Education in Kenya

Health in Kenya

Kenya

• Index of Kenya-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Kenya-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

Wikimedia Atlas of Kenya

Government

• Government Spokesperson Office of the Government Spokesperson of the Republic of Kenya.
• Government of Kenya Official site.
• Kenya Law Reports Kenyan Legislation, Case Law, Official Gazette Notices and legal Info.
• State House Kenya Official site State House, Kenya.
• Central Bank of Kenya Currency exchange rates official site.

News

• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation State run media organisation
• Daily Nation Online Local independent newspaper
• Business Daily Africa Kenya's Financial Daily
• The East African Authoritative Weekly
• East African Business Week Business News for Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi
• The Standard Online^[usurped] Local independent newspaper
• allAfrica.com – Kenya news headlines
• IRIN Kenya humanitarian news and analysis

Overviews

• Rural poverty in Kenya (IFAD)
• "Country profile: Kenya". BBC News. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Kenya – Country Page
• CIA World Factbook – Kenya
• US State Department – Kenya includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
• Guardian (UK) Special Report Recent reports and

Directories

• Columbia University Libraries – Kenya directory category of the WWW-VL
• Open Directory Project – Kenya directory category
• Stanford University – Africa South of the Sahara: Kenya directory category
• East African Web Directory Kenya Web sites

Travel & Tourism

• Kenya Tourist Board (Magical Kenya) Official travel and tourism guide.
• Kenya travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kenya Photos