Country guide
Kenya
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Kenya.
Key facts
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Region
- Africa
- Area
- 580,367 km²
- Population
- 53,330,978
Neighboring countries
Kenya has 5 land neighbors in the country data.
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Learn Kenya
Nairobi is Kenya's capital. Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest desert lake.
Kenya covers 580,367 square kilometers and borders Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with Ethiopia its largest neighbor. The Great Rift Valley, which runs through Kenya, formed as tectonic plates began pulling the African continent apart millions of years ago.
More than a million wildebeest migrate each year between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara in search of fresh grazing.
Trivia
- Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest desert lake.
- Mount Kenya, an extinct volcano whose highest peak reaches five thousand one hundred ninety-nine meters, is the second-highest mountain in Africa after Kilimanjaro.
- The Great Rift Valley, which runs through Kenya, formed as tectonic plates began pulling the African continent apart millions of years ago.
- More than a million wildebeest migrate each year between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara in search of fresh grazing.
- Lamu Old Town, founded in the twelfth century, is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa.
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