Elections: President: last held on 3

Terrain: coastal plains in west Natural resources: fish, phosphates, iron ore Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 9% other: 14% Irrigated land: 57,500 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: straddles Equator; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; glaciers on Mt. Kenya Note: the north

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