Kenya, cikakken sunan Jamhuriyar Kenya, ya mamaye yanki kilomita murabba'i 582,646. Akwai shi a gabashin Afirka, a ƙetare. Tana iyaka da Somalia daga gabas, Habasha da Sudan daga arewa, Uganda daga yamma, Tanzania a kudu, da Tekun Indiya a kudu maso gabas. Yankin bakin gabar yana da nisan kilomita 536. Yankin gabar teku a fili yake, kuma mafi yawan sauran sune tsaunuka tare da tsayin tsayin mita 1,500. Reshen gabas na Babban kwarin ya yanke yanki daga arewa zuwa kudu, yana raba tsauni zuwa gabas da yamma. Bottomasan Kwarin Girman Rift yana da mita 450-1000 a ƙasa da tudu kuma faɗi kilomita 50-100. Akwai tabkuna da suke da zurfin zurfafa da kuma volcanoes da yawa. Arewa yanki ne na hamada da hamada, yana da kusan kashi 56% na duk yankin ƙasar. Dutsen Kenya da ke tsakiyar tsaunuka yana da mita 5,199 sama da matakin teku.Wannan shi ne mafi girma a kasar kuma na biyu mafi girma a Afirka.An rufe taron kolin da dusar ƙanƙara a duk shekara; tsaunin dutsen da ya ɓace Vagagai ya kai mita 4321 sama da matakin teku kuma ya shahara saboda babbar rami (15 kilomita a faɗi). Akwai koguna da tafkuna da yawa, kuma manyan koguna sune Kogin Tana da Kogin Garana. Wanda iskar kasuwanci ta kudu maso gabas da iskar kasuwanci ta arewa maso gabas ta shafa, yawancin yankuna suna da yanayin yankuna masu zafi. Ban da busassun wurare masu zafi a ƙasan babbar kwarin Rift, yankin tsaunuka a kudu maso yamma yana da yanayin gandun daji mai ɗanɗano. Sauyin yanayi yana da laushi, matsakaicin matsakaicin wata-wata yana tsakanin 14-19 ℃, kuma yanayin shekara-shekara shine 750-1000 mm. Yankin gabar bakin gabas yana da zafi da danshi, tare da matsakaicin zafin shekara na 24 ° C da matsakaicin yanayin shekara-shekara na 500-1200 mm, galibi a watan Mayu; arewacin da gabashin gabashin yankin rabin sahara suna da bushe, zafi, da ƙarancin ruwan sama, tare da ruwan sama na shekara 250-500 mm. Dogon lokacin damina daga Maris ne zuwa Yuni, gajeren lokacin damuna daga Oktoba zuwa Disamba ne, lokacin rani kuwa sauran watanni ne.

Kenya ta kasu zuwa larduna 7 da yanki na musamman na lardi 1, tare da gundumomi, garuruwa da ƙauyuka da ke ƙasan lardin. Larduna bakwai sune Lardin Tsakiya, Lardin Rift Valley, Lardin Nyanza, Lardin Yammaci, Lardin Gabas, Lardin Arewa maso Gabas, da Lardin bakin teku. Wani yanki na musamman na lardin shine keɓaɓɓen yanki na Nairobi.

Kenya tana daya daga cikin wuraren haihuwar dan adam, kuma an gano burbushin kan mutum kimanin shekaru miliyan 2.5 da suka gabata a Kenya. A karni na 7 miladiyya, wasu biranen kasuwanci sun kafu a gefen kudu maso gabashin Kenya, kuma Larabawa suka fara kasuwanci kuma suka zauna a nan. Daga karni na 15 zuwa karni na 19, Turawan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya da na Birtaniyya suka mamaye daya bayan daya.A cikin shekarar 1895, Birtaniyya ta sanar da cewa a shirye take ta zama "Kariyar Afirka ta Gabas", kuma a 1920 ta zama karkashin mulkin mallakar Burtaniya. Bayan shekara ta 1920, ƙungiyar 'yanci ta ƙasa da ke son yaƙi don samun' yanci ta ci gaba. A watan Fabrairun 1962, Babban Taron Tsarin Mulki na London ya yanke shawarar kafa gwamnatin hadin gwiwa ta Kenya African National Union ("Ken League") da Kenya African Democratic Union. An kafa gwamnatin mai cin gashin kanta a ranar 1 ga Yuni, 1963, kuma an ayyana 'yanci a ranar 12 ga Disamba. Ranar 12 ga Disamba, 1964, aka kafa Jamhuriyar Kenya, amma ta ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin Kungiyar Kasashe. Kenyatta ya zama shugaban kasa na farko.

Kenya tana da yawan jama'a miliyan 35.1 (2006). Akwai kabilu 42 a kasar, galibi Kikuyu (21%), Luhya (14%), Luao (13%), Karenjin (11%) da Kham (11%) Jira Bugu da kari, akwai ‘yan Indiyawa, Pakistan, Larabawa da Turawa. Swahili shine harshen ƙasa kuma harshen hukuma daidai yake da Ingilishi. Kashi 45% na yawan mutanen sun yi imani da Kiristancin Furotesta, kashi 33% sun yi imani da Katolika, 10% sun yi imani da Islama, sauran kuma sun yi imani da addinai na farko da na Hindu.

Nairobi: Nairobi, babban birnin Kenya (Nairobi), yana cikin yankin plateau na kudu maso tsakiyar Kenya, a tsawan mita 1,525, da kuma kilomita 480 kudu maso gabas na tashar tekun Indiya na Mombasa. Tana da fadin kasa kilomita murabba'i 684 kuma tana da mutane kusan miliyan 3 (2004). Ita ce cibiyar siyasa, tattalin arziki da al'adu ta ƙasa. Saboda tasirin babban latitude, Nairobi da wuya ya wuce 27 ° C a matsakaicin matsakaicin yanayi na shekara-shekara, kuma matsakaicin ruwan sama yana kusan 760-1270 mm. Daga watan Disamba zuwa Maris na shekara mai zuwa, akwai iskoki masu yawa a arewa maso gabas kuma yanayin yana da rana da dumi; lokacin damina daga Maris ne zuwa Mayu; Manyan tsaunuka suna da lokaci na yanayin ƙananan zafin jiki, hazo da yayyafi. Yankuna mafi girma da na yamma an rufe su da dazuzzuka masu yanke jiki, sauran kuwa ciyawa ce da aka watsa da dazuzzuka.

Nairobi tana kan tudu a tsawan kafa 5,500, tare da kyawawan wurare da yanayi mai daɗi. Kusan kilomita 8 daga tsakiyar gari na Nairobi, akwai Gandun Dajin na Nairobi, wanda ke jan ɗaruruwan dubban masu yawon buɗe ido daga ko'ina cikin duniya a kowace shekara. Wannan kyakkyawan birni mai tudu har yanzu ya kasance kango fiye da shekaru 80 da suka gabata. A 1891, Burtaniya ta gina hanyar jirgin kasa daga mashigar Mombasa zuwa Uganda. Lokacin da hanyar jirgin ta je rabin hanya, sai suka yada zango kusa da wani karamin kogi a cikin yankin Asi. Wannan karamin kogin da mutanen Maasai na kasar Kenya da ke kiwo a nan suka taba kiransa Nairobi, wanda ke nufin "ruwan sanyi". Daga baya, sannu a hankali sansanin ya zama karamin gari. Tare da isowar baƙi da yawa, cibiyar mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya ita ma ta ƙaura daga Mombasa zuwa Nairobi a cikin 1907.