Kenya
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- KE
- ISO alpha-3
- KEN
- ISO numeric
- 404
- FIPS 10-4
- KE
- GeoNames ID
- 192950
Key facts
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Area
- 582,650 km²
- Population
- 51,393,010
- Currency
- Shilling (KES)
- Calling code
- +254
- Top-level domain
- .ke
- Official languages
- en-KE,sw-KE
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 1
- Longitude
- 38
- Min latitude
- -4.677504164999959
- Min longitude
- 33.890468384000144
- Max latitude
- 5.030375822607695
- Max longitude
- 41.885019165000074
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/KE?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 582650,
"capital": "Nairobi",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "KES",
"iso3_code": "KEN",
"iso_code": "KE",
"name": "Kenya",
"population": 51393010
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/KE/regions/v1/cities?country=KE/v1/postal-codes?country=KE/v1/timezones?country=KE
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- كينيا
- Chinese
- 肯尼亚
- English
- Kenya
- French
- Kenya
- German
- Kenia
- Hindi
- केन्या
- Italian
- Kenya
- Japanese
- ケニア
- Korean
- 케냐
- Portuguese
- Quênia
- Russian
- Кения
- Spanish
- Kenia
- Total language variants
- 142
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Nairobi | UTC+03:00 | UTC+03:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- #####
- Pattern
^(\d{5})$
First-level administrative regions
- Nairobi
- Kiambu
- Nakuru
- Kakamega
- Bungoma
- Meru
- Kilifi
- Machakos
- Kisii
- Mombasa
- Uasin Gishu
- Narok
- Kisumu
- Kitui
- Homa Bay
- Kajiado
- Migori
- Murang'A
- Mandera
- Siaya
- Trans Nzoia
- Makueni
- Turkana
- Kericho
24 of 47 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Nairobi | 4,397,073 |
| Kakamega | 1,867,579 |
| Mombasa | 1,208,333 |
| Nakuru | 570,674 |
| Ruiru | 490,120 |
| Eldoret | 475,716 |
| Kisumu | 397,957 |
| Kikuyu | 323,881 |
| Thika | 251,407 |
| Naivasha | 198,444 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 6,957
- First-level regions
- 47
- Postal codes
- 890
- Name languages
- 142
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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