Kenya
/ˈkenjə/- an equatorial country in East Africa, on the Indian Ocean; pop. 39,002,800 (est. 2009); languages, Swahili (official), English (official), Kikuyu; capital, Nairobi.肯尼亚(东非赤道国家, 濒临印度洋, 2009年估计人口39,002,800; 语言有斯瓦希里语[官方语], 英语[官方语]及基库尤语; 首都内罗毕)。
Populated largely by Bantu-speaking peoples, Kenya became a British Crown Colony in 1920. The demands made on land by European settlers led to the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s. Kenya became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1963, and a republic was established the following year.
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