Key facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Capital
- Embu
- Total
- 140,698.6 km (54,324.0 sq mi)
- Density
- 40.28557/km (104.3391/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Kenya
- Official name
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Kenya
- Capital
- Embu
- Population
- 5668123
- Area
- 140698.6
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- Commons category
- Eastern Province (Kenya)
- topic's main category
- Category:Eastern Province (Kenya)
- native label
- Eastern Province
- language used
- Sabaot
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Kenya was found in the former Eastern Province (capital Embu; click map to enlarge)
The Eastern Province (Swahili: Mashariki) of Kenya was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya. Its northern boundary ran along with that of Ethiopia; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lay to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, ran along its western border. The provincial capital was Embu.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.