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Republic
of Kenya
Jamhuri ya Kenya |
Area:
582.800 Kmē
Population: 30.766.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 53 pop/Kmē
System of government: Presidential
Republic
Capital: Nairobi (2.000.000 pop.)
Major cities: Mombasa 600.000 pop.,
Kisumu 170.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Kikuyu 21%, Luhya 14%,
Luo 13%, Kamba 11%, Kalenjin 11%, others
30%
Border countries: Ethiopia NORTH, Sudan
NORTH-WEST, Uganda WEST, Tanzania SOUTH,
Somalia EAST
Principal mountains: Mount Kenya 5199 m
Principal rivers: Tana 710 Km
Principal lakes: Lake Turkana (or Rudolf)
6405 Kmē (total, with ethiopian part),
Lake Victoria 3100 Kmē (kenyan part,
total 68.100 Kmē)
Principal islands: Manda Island, Pate
Island, Mfanganu Island, Isola Island (these
two on Lake Victoria)
Climate: Equatorial
Language: Swahili, English (officials),
ethnic dialects
Religion: Protestant 38%, Catholic 26%,
Muslim 6%
Currency: Kenyan Shilling (KES)
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Getting to
Diani
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By air
Kenya Airways and Regional Air have
several scheduled flights daily
between Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport, Nairobi and Moi
International Airport, Mombasa.
There is a small airfield ('Ukunda')
situated conveniently close to Diani
House for private air charters, and
several charter companies operate
daily flights between Ukunda and
both Amboseli and the Maasai Mara
National Reserves.
By Road
Self-drive visitors can conveniently
break the seven (or so) hour road
journey between Nairobi and Mombasa
with a night or two in Tsavo East or
West. Please ask us for advice.
Several Luxury Coach companies now
operate a direct route between
Nairobi and Mombasa.
By train
For hardy travelers there is an
overnight train service between
Nairobi and Mombasa which runs in
each direction three days a week.
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