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 * ...that in March 2013, Kenya was officially administratively divided into 47 semi autonomous counties?
 * ...that Kenya has 42 ethnic groups and no single ethnic group in Kenya makes even a quarter of Kenya's total population of 44,354,000 as of 2013?
 * ...that Kenya's national language is Swahili?
 * ...that Kenya's official name in Swahili is Jamhuri ya Kenya?
 * ...that Lake Turkana in Kenya is the largest desert lake in the world?
 * ...that Nairobi, the capital city, is the only city in the world with a major National Park in it? Kenya also has all five of the big five game i.e. lion, leopard, buffalo, African elephant and rhino.
 * ...that Kenya borders Africa’s largest lake by area, Lake Victoria? It is the largest tropical lake in the world. It is also the world's second-largest freshwater lake with a surface area of 68800 km2.
 * ...that Mount Kenya is the second-tallest mountain in Africa? It is 5199 m tall.
 * ...that a third of the flowers in the European Union come from Kenya?
 * ...that telling time in the Swahili language is different from English? For example, when saying 7 am one says Saa Moja which literally means 1 hour because in Swahili it was decided to use sunrise as a guide to tell time.