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KENYA
These elephant tusks are the landmark of Mombasa, which, with around one million inhabitants, is Kenya’s second largest city and East Africa’s most important port. Photo below: A Kenyan sells freshly made potato chips at the roadside
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Population: 47.9 million
Area: 580,367 km2
(224,081 square miles) Independence: December 12, 1963 Form of government: Presidential republic
Capital: Nairobi
(roughly 3.5 million inhabitants) 2016 gross domestic product (GDP): 69.2 billion US dollars
GDP per capita in purchasing power parities
2016: roughly 1,520 US dollars
Source: German Foreign O ce (1/2017)
Photos: Udo Bojahr