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Kenya

Kenya is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 37 and ITU zone 48. Its primary prefix is 5Z.

Flag of Kenya.

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Figure 1. Kenya and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01022 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 0.2° N 37.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	430
Name in the ADIF standard	KENYA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	5Z
CQ zone	37
ITU zone	48

Prefixes

5Z is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Kenya.

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5Z 5Y

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.