Country Close Up – Kenya
As a service provided to the African continent, we know that Africa is a beautiful continent with literally thousands of amazing sites and people to see and meet. What we also know is that not too many people know their way around a map of the continent.
With this mind, we’re launching Country Close Up, a weekly feature where we’ll take a look at a different African country every week outlining the basics like it’s position on a map, population and blogging stats. Our hope is that this information will lead to education and a greater understanding of this beautiful continent.
Kenya
This week we’re featuring Kenya. There’s no specific reason or preference shown for which country we feature, but today I’m wearing a very cool Kenya jacket that my dad got me so I figured I’d go with it.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24842486@N07/3442412997/
So, where is it? Kenya is adjacent to Somalia and the United Republic of Tanzania as you can see on the map below
Vital stats:
Name; Republic of Kenya
Native name:
Population: 37.5 million people
Capital City: Nairobi
Interesting facts about Kenya:
- In 2004, Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Prize for Peace for her dedication to women’s rights, ecology, and democracy. Wangari became the second woman from Africa to win the Nobel Prize.
- Kenya is an independent republic, with Christianity the dominant religion, but also with a large muslim community, particularly at the coast.
- Kenya maintains an almost constant 12 hours of daylight. Sun up and sundown is at around 6.15 to 6.45 and varies by only 30 minutes throughout the year
Afrigator Stats
Number of blogs in Kenya (indexed by Afrigator): 540
Top 5 blogs in Kenya:
Bankelele
source: http://www.wolframalpha.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eirasi
Noah Nasiali said,
Wrote on June 15, 2009 @ 16:32
Just introducing my blog as well. Kenya is indeed a very beautiful country. check out other blogs in Kenya like http://www.athiholiday.blogspot.com
steve wanjie said,
Wrote on June 16, 2009 @ 07:38
You are doing Africa proud. Thanks for great articles like the one on Kenya, Wordpress, and bloger.com.
KEEP the good work up because your are a very useful resource for African bloggers.
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Wrote on June 18, 2009 @ 13:18
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Jellyfish said,
Wrote on June 19, 2009 @ 03:53
Hi Afrigator.
This is an extremely valuable venture to bring Africans together and showcase the technological side of Africa. This venture may just achieve the pan African dream sought by our freedom fighters and open up the African continent to greater dialogue. I fully support the idea of visiting different African countries and educating us on each. Kenya is indeed beautiful as are other African countries.
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Wrote on July 6, 2009 @ 09:02
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