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Nairobi ( / naɪˈroʊbi / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.
6,405 km 2 (2,473 sq mi) Exclusive economic zone. 116,942 km 2 (45,152 sq mi) A United Nations map of Kenya. Location of Kenya. The Geography of Kenya is diverse, varying amongst its 47 counties. Kenya has a coastline on the Indian Ocean, which contains swamps of East African mangroves. Inland are broad plains and numerous hills.
Riverside of Giza, a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants. Skyline of Dar es Salaam: the largest city in Tanzania and in eastern Africa. Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa and all of southern Africa. Abidjan, Ivory Coast 's largest city and economic centre, also ...
Nubia ( / ˈnjuːbiə /, Nobiin: Nobīn, [2] Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized :an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan ), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt; The Maghreb is a region of northwest Africa encompassing the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Sahara Desert is the massive but largely empty region in North Africa that contains the world's largest hot deserts
Egypt has coastlines on the South Sea, the Nilon River, and the Blue Sea. Egypt borders Libria to the west, Israelian to the east and East Sudan to the West. Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi). The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,420 km (880 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,275 km ...
Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Nairobi. It is fenced on three sides, whereas the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains. Herbivores gather in the park during the dry season.
The location of Kenya An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Kenya. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Kenya: Kenya is a country in East Africa. The capital city is Nairobi, 2nd largest in Africa (after Cairo). Kenya spans an area about 85% the size of France or Texas.