About Kenya
Kenya is a country in East Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Kenya. In Arabic, the name is written كينيا, and the capital نيروبي. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of Kenya is Nairobi. Nairobi lies at about 1° south and 37° east. Kenya has 2 official languages: English and Swahili. Its currency is the Kenyan Shilling, with the symbol Sh and the international code KES.
Kenya covers about 580,367 square kilometres, which puts it 48th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 5 countries: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda. The largest of these neighbours by area is Ethiopia. Other countries in East Africa include Mozambique, Zambia, and Madagascar. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Kenya with the other countries of the same region.