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KENYA
Republic of KenyaGEOGRAPHY:
- 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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