Kenya

__History__
===The first Kenyans were Cushistic-speaking people from northern Africa who migrated south around 2000 BC. These people were divided into tribal groups. The main four groups who shared the same area of land, but had different origins were: Kikuyu, Kamba, Luo and Masai. Arab traders began going to the Kenya coast around 1st century AD. Because Kenya was so close to the Arabian Peninsula, it invited colonization. Lots of Persian settlements came up by the coast. Nilotic and Bantu people moved in 1st millennium A.D. and now make up 75% of Kenya's population. The Bantu people in Kenya and arab traders spoke Swahili, a mix of their 2 languages. In the late 1400's Arab dominance of the Kenyan coast was lost to the Portugese, who, in the 1600's gave way to Islamic control. Between the 6th and 9th century Kenya became an almost completely sea-based economy. They specialized in making ships that would travel south to cities such as Kilwa and Shanga, other east African port cities. The Kenyan coast was visited most often by Arabs and Indians. Their main trade products were slaves and ivory []===

By: Cade
===Kenya's major attractions are Safaris, National Parks, Masai Mara, The Seringeti Plains, Mombasa, Nairobi national park. The Masai Mara is a large park reserve in south-western Kenya. The climate in Kenya is Tropical, Hot, Humid at the Coast, and Very very dry north. The major crops in Kenya are Tea, Coffee, Ginger, Rice, Wheat, Sweet potatoes, Sugar cane, Bananas, Pineapple, Cotton Tabacco. The food that is most commonly served or made in Kenya is Irio, Kenya Cabbage and egg, Ugali, Sukuma Wiki, Yogurt Chutney, Nyama Choma, Githeri, and Matoke. Land forms in Kenya include Caves, Escarpments, Islands, Lakes, Mountains, Rivers, Valleys, Volcanoes, Waterfalls, and Wetlands. The Architecture in Kenya is usually Small impermanent structures built with poles. The Capital city is Nairobi, It is a Modern type of city, used to be swamplands.=== === === === Economic summary ||~ GDP || $17.43 billion (2005) at Market Price. $ 41.36 billion (Purchasing Power Parity, 2006) There also exists a large, informal economy that is never counted as part of the official GDP figures.=== ===|| ||~ Annual growth rate || 5.8% (2005): 2006 = 6.1% : Estimate for 2007 = 7.2% || ||~ Per capita income || Per Capita Income (PPP)= $1,200 || ||~ Natural resources || Wildlife, land (5% [|arable]) || ||~ Agricultural produce || [|tea], [|coffee], [|sugarcane], horticultural products, [|corn], [|wheat], [|rice], [|sisal], pineapples, [|pyrethrum], dairy products, meat and meat products, hides, skins || ||~ Industry || petroleum products, grain and sugar milling, cement, beer, soft drinks, textiles, vehicle assembly, paper and light manufacturing, tourism ||===

Trade in 2002||~ Exports || $2.2 billion || tea, coffee, horticultural products, petroleum products, cement, pyrethrum, soda ash, sisal, hides and skins, fluorspar ||
===||~ Major markets (2006)[|[3]] |||| [|Uganda], [|United Kingdom], [|Tanzania], [|Netherlands], [|United States], [|Pakistan] || ||~ Imports || $3.2 billion || machinery, vehicles, crude petroleum, iron and steel, resins and plastic materials, refined petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, paper and paper products, fertilizers, wheat || ||~ Major suppliers |||| [|United Kingdom], [|Japan], [|South Africa], [|Germany], [|United Arab Emirates], [|Italy], [|India], [|France], [|United States], [|Saudi Arabia] ||===

Oil exploration
Early in 2006 [|Chinese] President [|Hu Jintao] signed an oil exploration contract with Kenya; the latest in a series of deals designed to keep Africa's natural resources flowing to China's rapidly-expanding economy. The deal allowed for China's state-controlled offshore oil and gas company, [|CNOOC Ltd], to prospect for oil in Kenya, which is just beginning to drill its first exploratory wells on the borders of Sudan and Somalia and in coastal waters. No oil has been produced yet, and there has been no formal estimate of the possible reserves.[|[37]]

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 An aerial of the cargo terminal at [|Jomo Kenyatta International Airport], [|Nairobi], the largest and busiest airport in [|East Africa]