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KENYA (In summary)

Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania

Total Area:
582,650 sq km

Capita Cityl:
Nairobi

Population:
39,002,772 (as of July 2008 estimate)

Economic GDP Growth Rate:

2.2% (2008 est.) 7% (2007 est.)

Languages:
English (official), Kiswahili (official) and numerous indigenous languages  


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M-Track Kenya is a security firm which offers a means to monitor, protect and track any vehicle, fleet and/or other expensive assets. Our business is bringing advanced telematics (GPS tracking combined with wireless communication) products to the consumer market.
 

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Tavez House, Off Msa-Nrb Rd. Mikindani
P.O. Box 93275 - 80200 Mombasa, Kenya.
Tel: 020-2434738, 020-2434739
Cell: 0715 613 090, 0736 648 040
Email: info@mtrackkenya.com
 




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KENYA (In detail)
 
Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:240V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:G,

TV Systems:

System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 5
 
Geography
Bordering countries:
Ethiopia 861 kmSomalia 682 kmSudan 232 kmTanzania 769 kmUganda 933 km

Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania

Area:
total: 582,650 sq km
land: 569,250 sq km
water: 13,400 sq km

Climate:
varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

Terrain:
low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west Economy

GDP:
$61.83 billion (2008 est.)
$60.5 billion (2007)
$56.56 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP growth rate:
2.2% (2008 est.)
7% (2007 est.)

GDP per capital:
$1,600 (2008 est.)
$1,600 (2007 est.)
$1,600 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

Inflation rate: 25.5% (2008 est.)
Currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)

Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings (KES) per US dollar - 68.358 (2008 est.), 68.309 (2007), 72.101 (2006), 75.554 (2005), 79.174 (2004) People

Population:
39,002,772 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.) Growth rate: 2.691% (2009 est.)

Religions:
Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%

note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely

Languages:
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages Government

Capital:
name: Nairobi
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independence:
12 December 1963 (from the UK)

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