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Kenya Infomation & Facts

Location:  Kenya is in Eastern Africa, between Somalia and Tanzania.

Climate:  The climate varies from tropical on the coast to arid in the interior.

Population:  Estimate as of July 2007 is 36,913,721.

Life Expectancy:  55.31 years.

Language:  English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages.

Government type:  Republic

Capital:  Nairobi

Population Below Poverty Line:  50%

Agricultural Products:  Tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs

Industries:  small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products; oil refining, aluminum, steel, lead, cement; commercial ship repair, tourism

Currency:  Kenyan shilling (KES)

Attractions & Features:  Nature Reserves, Mount Kilimanjaro

Wildebeest Migration:  Noted as one of the seven wonders of the world.

1. Nobel Prize Winner - Wangari Mathai
2. Barack Obama's (US Politician) father was from the Luo-Lake people in Kenya

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Tanzania Infomation & Facts

Location:  Tanzania is in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique.

Climate:  The climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate in highlands.

Population:  Estimate as of July 2007 is 39,384,223.

Life Expectancy:  50.71 years.

Language:  Kiswahili or Swahili, Kiunguja, English, Arabic and many local languages.

Government type:  Republic

Capital:  Dar es Salaam

Population Below Poverty Line:  36%

Agricultural Products:  coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats

Industries:  agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer

Currency:  Tanzanian shilling

Attractions & Features:  Nature Reserves, Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and the Crater Highlands.

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Uganda Infomation & Facts

Location:  Uganda is in Eastern Africa, west of Kenya.

Climate:  The climate is tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Population:  Estimate as of July 2007 is 30,262,610.

Life Expectancy:  51.75 years.

Language:  English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Government type:  Republic

Capital:  Kampala

Population Below Poverty Line:  35%

Agricultural Products:  coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry

Industries:  sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Currency:  Ugandan shilling (UGX)

Attractions & Features:  Nature Reserves & Parks, rare birds, animals and gorillas.

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