!!!Kenya %%image_right [{LeafletMap script='/scripts/leaflet/story-map.js' width='500' height='400' initmap('/storymap/kenya.geojson','Kenya','1.000000','38.000000',contId,3); }] %% '' Kenya obtained independence in December 1963. Following a referendum in August 2010 and adoption of a new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 semi-autonomous counties, governed by elected governors. '' *Kenya has largest boundary with Uganda which is approximately 933 km. *Kenya has shortest boundary with South Sudan which is approximately 232 km. *The largest river in Kenya is Nile which is 6650 km. *The largest export partner of Kenya is Uganda. *The largest import partner of Kenya is India. *There are 15 seaports in Kenya. !!Special facts about Nobel Prize winners *Kenya has only 1 Nobel Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai. (Counting winners if born in Kenya) *The first Kenya born Nobel Prize winner got this award quite late, 103 years after first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901. !!Tourist Attraction [Sunset falls on a Maasai boy on Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve.|http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/kenya-guide] !!National Facts *The national bird of Kenya is Lilac-breasted roller. * The national dishes of Kenya are Ugali, Sukuma wiki, Nyama choma etc. [{Image class='image_block' src='Lilac_Roller.jpg' caption='Lilac_Roller \\Foto: source: [Wikicommons|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Lilac_Roller.jpg] unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]' alt='' width='450' height='338' popup='false'}] [{Image class='image_block' src='Ugali.jpg' caption='Ugali \\Foto: source: [Wikicommons|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Ugali_%26_Sukuma_Wiki.jpg] unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]' alt='' width='450' height='338' popup='false'}] !References #Text marked as italic is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]