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  2.                                       KENYA 
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  4.                                       5Y-5Z 
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  6.         OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Kenya.
  7.         LOCATION:East Africa, on Indian Ocean coast.
  8.         LAT/LONG:1N/38E
  9.         CONTINENT:Africa.
  10.         ZONES-ITU:48  CQ:3
  11.         TIME:+3 Hrs.
  12.         AREA:224,961 Sq.M.  582,650 Sq.Km.
  13.         POPULATION:22,377,802  DENSITY:99/Sq.M.  (38/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:4.22%
  14.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:Men 53 Women 58.1
  15.         LITERACY RATE:47%
  16.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:Republic.
  17.         CAPITAL:Nairobi
  18.         LANGUAGES:English and Swahili are official; numerous indigenous 
  19.         languages.
  20.         RELIGIONS:38% Protestant, 28% Catholic, 26% indigenous beliefs, 
  21.         6% Muslim.
  22.         CURRENCY:Kenya shilling.
  23.         GDP:$4.8 billion  ($230 per capita) (1985)  REAL GROWTH RATE:4.1% 
  24.         (1985 est.).
  25.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, 
  26.         batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural processing,
  27.         oil refining, cement, tourism.
  28.         AGRICULTURE:main cash crops-coffee, sisal, tea, pyrethrum, cotton, 
  29.         livestock; food crops-corn, wheat, sugar cane, rice, cassava; largely 
  30.         self-sufficient in food.
  31.         EXPORTS:reexporting of petroleum products, coffee, tea, sisal, 
  32.         livestock products, pyrethrum, soda ash, wattle-bark tanning extract.  
  33.         ($942 million).
  34.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:in top group of African systems; 231,000 telephones;
  35.         11 AM, 4 FM, 4 TV stations; 1 Atlantic and 1 Indian Ocean satellite 
  36.         station.
  37.         COMMERCIAL POWER:240/415V; 50Hz.
  38.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:12 December (Jamhuri Day).
  39.         MISC:Kenya has a unique physiography that supports an abundant and 
  40.         varied wildlife of immense scientific and economic value. Its name 
  41.         comes from Mt. Kenya and means "Mountain of Whiteness". The climate 
  42.         varies from tropical along the coast to arid in the interior. 3% of the
  43.         land is arable. Kenya became independent on 12 December, 1963. Member 
  44.         of UN since 1963. Member of Commonwealth of Nations.
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  46.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:no)
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