Kenya

Africa
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania.

"Harambee" (Swahili)  "Let us all pull together"		0.9228117N 37.3754883E
President     Mwai Kibaki	Prime Minister Raila Odinga

Capital
Nairobi

Government
Semi-presidential Republic

Religion
Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%.

Population
40,046,566

Ethnic group
Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%.

National Language                   
Swahili
          
National Day
12 December 1963 (from the UK)

Anthem
Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu

Currency
Kenyan shilling (KES)

Attractions
Amboseli National Park, Lake Nakura Flamingos, Mt Kenya National Park,  Nairobi National Park,  Serengeti Migration [with Tanzania], Treetops 

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Treetops Hotel       Treetops Hotel is a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m (6,450 ft) above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. First opened in 1932 by Eric Sherbrooke Walker, it was literally built into the tops of the trees of Aberdare National Park as a treehouse, offering the guests a close view of the local wildlife in complete safety. The idea was to provide a machan (hunting platform on a tree during shikar in India) experience in relative safety and comfort. From the original modest two room tree house, it has grown into 50 rooms. The original structure was burned down by African guerrillas during the 1954 Mau Mau Uprising, but the hotel was rebuilt near the same waterhole and has become fashionable for many of the rich and famous. It includes observation lounges and ground level photographic hides from which guests can observe the local wildlife which come to the nearby waterholes. The hotel is known as the location where Princess Elizabeth acceded to the throne of the United Kingdom upon the death of her father George VI during a visit in 1952.

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