The Republic of Kenya is a country in east Africa. It has a total area of 582,650 km2. The climate varies from being tropical along the coast to arid in the interior. The terrain is comprised of low plains that rise to central highlands bisected by the Great Rift Valley with a fertileplateau in the west Natural resources are gold, limestone, diatomite, salt barytes, magnesite, feldspar, sapphires, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife The religion is 38% Protestant, 28% Roman Catholic, 26% indigenous beliefs, 6% Muslim The official language is Swahili with English and numerous indigenous languages also spoken. The area of Kenya was originally inhabited by African tribes before being colonised by Arabs during the 8th century and later conquered by the Portuguese in the 15th century and taken by the British in 1895, becoming part of British East Africa before becoming a British colony in 1920 and independent in 1963 following an uprising and a republic in 1964. Research Kenya
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