| | Geographic Coordinates: | 1 00 N, 38 00 E | | Location: | Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania | | Area: | total: 582,650 sq km
land: 569,250 sq km
water: 13,400 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly more than twice the size of Nevada | | Land boundaries: | total: 3,477 km
border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km | | Coastline: | 536 km | | Terrain: | low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m | | Capital: | 7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western |
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