KENYA

POPULATION

• Kenya has 44.35 million people
• There only three cities
• The main two are Mombasa and Nairobi
• the population of nairobi is 3.36 million
• the population of Mombasa is 1,200,000

ETHNICITIES

• Nilotic ethnic groups include the Luo, Masai, Turkana, Samburu, and the Kalenjin.
• The Luo are the second largest ethnic group in Kenya.
• They live for the most part on the shores of Lake Victoria.
• They all speak Swahili in Kenya but they all Know English.

WAR

• Shifta War was one of the major wars in kenya.
• It took place in the country Kenya in (1963–1967)
• The Kenya government fought against the Somalis.
• There were estimated 4,200 deaths in the shifta war.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Kenya has many different natural resources
• Such as limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, oil, gas, gypsum

GOVERNMENT

• They have a republic government.
• There president is Uhuru Kenyatta.

HISTORY

• May 1, 1873 : Dr. David Livingstone dies in Central Africa. His body is carried on a month-long journey to Zanzibar.
• A city in Kenya.

PHYSICAL

• Kenya has a total area of 582,650 square kilometers (224,962 square miles).
• Rendering it slightly larger than twice the size of Nevada.
• With a coastline of 536 kilometers (333 miles).

MORE PHYSICAL

• Kenya's physical features comprises of mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys, hills, lakes, rivers, plains, islands and swamps.
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CURRANT EVENT

• FEB. 24, 2015 Kenyan officials warn that Western travel warnings about dangers of nation's coast are contributing to collapse of tourism industry, which in turn will lead to joblessness, poverty and desperation that are kindling for terrorism; officials cite in particular American travel warnings, which they say are needlessly broad, whereas other Western nations' warnings are more nuanced.

CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE

• Kenya's climate varies across the country, from the tropical humidity of the coast, the dry heat of the savannah or semi-arid areas and the cool air of the highlands.
• Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land.[1][2] In 2006, almost 75 percent of working Kenyans made their living by farming, compared with 80 percent in 1980.

EDUCATION

• Historical records not only from the travels of Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann reveal that Kenyans had access to education as far back as 1728 with a Swahili manuscript Utendi wa Tambuka (Book of Heraclius) attesting to the fact. The CMS missionaries interacted with locals in the coastal town of Mombasa and set up one of the earliest mission schools in the country at Rabai in 1846.
• The literacy rate in Kenya is 87% with a rank of 140 out of 194.