Geography of Kenya
Kenya, or Republic of Kenya, a country in East Africa. Until 1963 it was a British dependency, called Kenya Colony and Protectorate.
See more »The geography of Eastern Africa boasts impressive sights like Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya. Explore Eastern Africa in this section.
Asmara, Eritrea, the nation's capital and largest city. About 500,000 people live there.It is in the west-central part of the country and lies on a high plateau at an altitude of more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m). See more »
Kenya, or Republic of Kenya, a country in East Africa. Until 1963 it was a British dependency, called Kenya Colony and Protectorate.
See more »Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the nation's capital and largest city. It lies high in the foothills of Mount Entoto in central Ethiopia, about 8,000 feet (2,440 m) above sea level.
See more »Asmara, Eritrea, the nation's capital and largest city. About 500,000 people live there.It is in the west-central part of the country and lies on a high plateau at an altitude of more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m).
See more »Burundi, or Republic of Burundi, a small, landlocked nation in east-central Africa.
See more »Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the nation's largest city. It is in eastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean, south of the island of Zanzibar.
See more »Djibouti, a small country in northeastern Africa. The country is bounded by Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Gulf of Aden, including the Gulf of Tadjoura and the Bab el Mandeb, the entrance to the Red Sea.
See more »Eritrea, a country in northeastern Africa. It is bounded by Sudan, the Red Sea, Djibouti, and Ethiopia.
See more »Ethiopia, or People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, a country in eastern Africa.
See more »Kampala, Uganda, the country's capital and largest city. It lies in eastern Africa near the Equator, some 3,900 feet (1,190 m) above sea level.
See more »Khartoum, Sudan, the national capital. It is at the junction of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers, near the southern edge of the Sahara.
See more »Mombasa Kenya, a city in eastern Africa 270 miles (435 km) southeast of Nairobi. It lies on Mombasa Island in an inlet of the Indian Ocean, and on the surrounding mainland.
See more »Nairobi, Kenya, the nation's capital and largest city. It lies near the Equator in the Kenya Highlands at an elevation of 5,450 feet (1,660 m).
See more »Omdurman, Sudan, a city directly opposite Khartoum, the national capital, where the White Nile and Blue Nile rivers join to form the Nile.
See more »Port Sudan, Sudan, a city and a port on the Red Sea, some 420 miles (680 km) northeast of Khartoum, Sudan's capital.
See more »Seychelles (in full: Republic of Seychelles), an island country in the Indian Ocean near the Equator, some 1,100 miles (1,800 km) east of Africa.
See more »Somalia, or Somali Democratic Republic, a country in eastern Africa. It occupies part of the Somali Peninsula, or the Horn of Africa, and fronts on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
See more »Somaliland, a historic region of eastern Africa. It occupies the Horn of Africa (Somali Peninsula), bounded on the north by the Gulf of Aden and on the southeast by the Indian Ocean.
See more »Sudan, a vast indefinite region of some 2,000,000 square miles (5,200,000 km2) in northern Africa.
See more »Tanzania, or United Republic of Tanzania, a country in East Africa. It consists of the former British territories of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united in 1964.
See more »Uganda, or Republic of Uganda, a country in East Africa. It is landlocked and lies astride the Equator, bounded by Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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