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Johannes Rebmann. Johannes Rebmann (January 16, 1820 – October 4, 1876) was a German missionary, linguist, and explorer credited with feats including being the first European, along with his colleague Johann Ludwig Krapf, to enter Africa from the Indian Ocean coast. In addition, he was the first European to find Kilimanjaro. [1]
Central Province of Kenya surrounded the capital, Nyeri, and included the slopes of Mount Kenya (click to enlarge map). The Central Province ( Swahili: Kati, Gikuyu: Gichigo gia Gatagati) was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of 11,449 km 2 (4,420 sq mi) and ...
Bũrũrĩ Wa Gĩkũyũ. The Kikuyu (also Agĩkũyũ/Gĩkũyũ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to East Africa Central Kenya. At a population of 8,148,668 as of 2019, they account for 17.13% of the total population of Kenya, making them Kenya's largest ethnic group. [1] Part of a series on the.
Mount Elgon is a massive solitary volcanic mountain on the border of eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Its vast form, 80 kilometres (50 mi) in diameter, rises 3,070 metres (10,070 ft) above the surrounding plains. Its cooler heights offer respite for humans from the hot plains below, and its higher altitudes provide a refuge for flora and fauna ...
Fond de carte : Image:Mount Kenya NasaWorldWind2.jpg, photo prise par le satellite Landsat7, via une capture d'écran du logiciel World Wind de la NASA. Chargé sur Commons par Sémhur, sous licence « Domaine Public ».
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. [1] It is 39,206 ha (392.06 km 2) in size at the core of an 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya- Tanzania border. [2] The local people are mainly Maasai, but people from other parts of ...
Mount Longonot. / 0.91528°S 36.45694°E / -0.91528; 36.45694. Mount Longonot is a stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s. [1] Its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong'ot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges".
Fond de carte : Image:Mount Kenya Region map-fr.svg de Pinpin, chargée sur Commons par Sémhur sous licence GFDL & CC-BY-SA. Populations : cette carte du livre Fadiman, Jeffrey A. (1993) When We Began, There Were Witchmen: An Oral History from Mount Kenya , University of California Press Retrieved on 28 April 2008.