KENYA KENYA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 12 1963 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 12 1963 POPULATION 28808658 1999 EST AREA 224961 SQ MI CAPITAL NAIROBI FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES GOLD LIMESTONE SALT RUBIES FLUORITE GARNETS MAIN INDUSTRIES TOURISM PETROLEUM PROCESSING PLASTICS FURNITURE TEXTILES SOAP AGRICULTURE CORN COFFEE WHEAT TEA SUGARCANE FRUIT VEGETABLES CATTLE PIGS POULTRY CURRENCY SHILLING GDP 43.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1550 1998 EST LANGUAGES SWAHILI OFFICIAL ENGLISH OFFICIAL KIKUYU LUHYA LUO MERU RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 78 LIFE EXPECTANCY 47 YEARS MALE 48 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 31 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 15 PER 1000 POPULATION
