Location

Situated on the eastern coast of Africa,Kenya lies astride the equator. Its total area, including 4,336 mi of water, is 224,962 mi, with a maximum length of 703 mi and a maximum width of 637 mi. Comparatively, the area occupied by Kenya is slightly more than twice the size of the state of Nevada.Kenya is bounded on the n by Sudan and Ethiopia, on the by Somalia, on the se by the Indian Ocean, on the s by Tanzania, and on the by Lake Victoria and Uganda, with a total land boundary length of 2,161 mi and a coastline of 333 mi. Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, is located in the south-central part of the country.