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Kenya | Republic of Kenya | Jumuiya ya Kenya (Swahili)

Capital: Nairobi

Largest city: Nairobi (3,375,000)

Official languages: English · Swahili

Other languages: Indigenous minority languages

Ethnic groups: 19.6% Kikuyu, 13.5% Luhya, 12.5% Kalenjin, 10.2% Luo, 10.0% Kamba, 8.4% Somali, 5.6% Kisii, 4.1% Meru, 2.5% Turkana, 2.1% Maasai, 2.0% Oromo, 1.6% Kigiryama, 1.4% Kiembu, 6.5% others

Religions: Protestant Christianity (48.9%), Catholic Christianity (23.5%), Monophysite Christianity (10.2%), African traditional religion (6.1%), Hinduism (2.3%), Jehova's Witnesses (1.6%), Sikhism (1.4%), Others (1.8%), Non-religious (4.2%)

Demonym: Kenyan

Government: Republic | Unitary presidential

President: Uhuru Kenyatta

Vice President: William Samoei Ruto

Legislature: Parliament

Upper House: Senate

Lower House: National Assembly

Independence (from United Kingdom): 12 December 1963

Area: 581,309 sq km

Population (2013): 44,037,656

Currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)

Internet TLD: .ke

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