How can there be such a large area? China has only 9.6 million square kilometers.

Kenya's economy:

Kenya is an important member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC), and it is also one of the countries with good economic foundation in sub-Saharan Africa. It implements a "mixed economy" system in which the private economy is the main body and various economic forms coexist, and the private economy accounts for 70% of the total economy. Agriculture, service industry and industry are the three pillars of the national economy, and tea, coffee and flowers are the three major foreign exchange earning projects of agriculture. Tourism is relatively developed and is one of the major foreign exchange earning industries.

Kenya's mineral resources include soda ash, salt, fluorite, limestone, barite, gold, silver, copper, zinc, aluminum, niobium and thorium. At present, most mineral resources have not been developed except soda ash and fluorite, which have been mined and exported. The forest area is 87,000 square kilometers, accounting for 15% of the national territory. The forest reserve is 950 million tons.

Kenya has a complete range of industries and is the most developed country in East Africa. East Africa's industries are relatively developed, and its daily necessities are basically self-sufficient. The industrial output value accounts for 16.2% of the GDP, mainly manufacturing, accounting for about 10% of the GDP, with about 230,000 employees. Larger enterprises include oil refining, tire, cement, steel rolling, power generation, automobile assembly and other factories. 85% of daily consumer goods are produced in China, among which clothing, paper, food, drinks and cigarettes are basically self-sufficient, and some of them are exported.

Agriculture is the pillar of Kenya's national economy, and its output value accounts for about 24.2% of GDP. About 75% of the country's population is engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The cultivated land area is104800 square kilometers, accounting for 18% of the land area, of which cultivated land accounts for 73%, mainly in southwest China. In normal years, grain is basically self-sufficient and a small amount is exported. Tea, coffee and horticultural products are the main export exchange products. Kenya is currently the largest flower exporter in Africa, accounting for 25% of the EU market share; It is also the main producer of pyrethrum in the world, accounting for 80% of the world's total output. In 2005, Kenya's black tea exports increased by 4.8%, ranking first in the world. In addition, Kenya is rich in fishery resources, mostly from domestic freshwater lakes, of which the fish production in Lake Victoria accounts for 90% of the total fishery output.

Tourism is also one of Kenya's major foreign exchange earning industries. Kenya has unique natural scenery, with 59 national nature parks and nature reserves accounting for 1 1% of the country's land area, making Kenya enjoy the reputation of "paradise for birds and animals"; More than 40 tribes in the territory are pregnant with rich and colorful traditional cultures. The unique scenery and customs attract nearly one million foreign tourists to feast their eyes every year, making Kenya a big tourist country. In 2003, due to the threat of terrorist attacks, the proportion of tourism in Kenya's GDP dropped from 20% to 13%. In 2004, the number of tourists increased by 29%, reaching 1.32 million, and the hotel reservation rate reached 80% ~ 90%. tourism professionals accounted for 9. 1% of the total number of employees in China. In the first quarter of 2006, Kenya's tourism industry increased by 8% year-on-year, reaching a record high. The main tourist attractions are national parks, lakes and scenic spots in Nairobi, Tsavo, Amboseli, Nakuru and Masai Mara, as well as the Rift Valley, Mount Kenya and Mombasa waterfront.

1963 After Kenya gained independence from British colonial rule, its economy developed rapidly. Since 199 1, the Kenyan government has implemented a structural adjustment plan, abolished foreign exchange controls and import licenses, basically liberalized prices, privatized many state-owned enterprises, gradually opened some industries to foreign investment, and liberalized the entire economic field, and achieved certain results. However, since the mid-1990s, due to frequent natural disasters, suspension of international financial organizations' assistance and institutional chronic diseases, Kenya's economic growth has been sluggish and sustained, and GDP even showed negative growth in 2000. From 200 1, Kenya's economy stopped declining and began to grow weakly. In 2003, the new Kenyan government issued an economic recovery strategy, focusing on supporting agriculture and tourism, striving to improve the investment environment, and foreign aid began to resume, with both manufacturing and agriculture increasing over the previous year. In 2005, the Kenyan government intensified the adjustment of fiscal policy, implemented a proactive monetary policy and deepened structural reform. Economic growth reached 5%, and foreign aid reached $3 billion in the whole year. In the ninth development plan (2002-2008) being implemented, the five-year macroeconomic indicators set by the new government should achieve an average annual growth rate of GDP of 4.7%. Therefore, the government will strive to create a healthy and stable macroeconomic environment and vigorously promote the private sector to promote the development of the entire national economy.

According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Planning and Development of Kenya, in 2006, Kenya's economy grew by 6. 1%, its tax revenue increased by 9% in the first half of the year, and its foreign exchange reserves reached 2.22 billion US dollars, which was the fastest growth in the past 30 years, mainly due to the rapid development of key industries such as tourism, transportation and communication. Among them, tourism brought about 800 million dollars to the country, which promoted the year-on-year growth of hotel catering industry 14%. At the same time, the wholesale and retail industry increased by 10.9%, and the transportation and communication industry increased by 10.8%. The growth rate of manufacturing industry was 6.9%, mainly due to the increase in the output of canned vegetables, fruits, fish oil, fat, tobacco and beverages. In 2006, the construction industry increased by 6.3% year-on-year, so the cement consumption reached 65.438+0.8 billion tons.

In 2006, economic development created 469,000 jobs, an increase of 5.7% over 2005. At present, Kenya's economic growth rate is twice the population growth rate. 1973-During the period of 2002, the population growth rate always exceeded the economic growth rate, and the situation was reversed after 2003.

Since 2006, the Kenyan government has introduced a series of policies, such as reducing public expenditure, increasing development investment and increasing education and health expenditure, which have been widely welcomed by the people. At the same time, however, problems such as drought, heavy debts, outdated infrastructure, serious corruption and poor public security still restrict economic development. At present, the poverty rate in Kenya is still hovering around 50%, and it is a long way to go to get rid of poverty and achieve sustainable development.

The main cities are: Nairobi, the capital.