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Kenya!
Take a trip around the world and learn about new countries. This month we’re going to Kenya!
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Roughly 841,622 members of the Maasai tribe live in Kenya. Their culture and customs are centuries old.
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Many of the worldʼs top marathon runners are from Kenya. Several of them train in Iten, where athletes pound out as many as 30 miles per day.
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Every year, about 1.7 million wildebeests, along with zebras and gazelles, cross the Maasai Mara National Reserve in a great migration.
Area: 224,961 mi²
Population: 52,574,000
Capital City: Nairobi
Region: Eastern Africa
Official Language: Swahili, English
National Animal: East African Lion
DID YOU KNOW? Kenya is sometimes called the “land of languages” because it’s home to 68 of them!