Feb 28 (Reuters) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a power-sharing agreement on Thursday intended to end a post-election crisis that left 1,000 people dead.

Here are some key facts about the country.

GEOGRAPHY: Famous for its palm-fringed beaches and wildlife parks, Kenya shares borders with Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.

POPULATION: The country of 36.5 million people, split into more than 40 ethnic groups, was widely regarded before the crisis as a haven of relative peace and prosperity in a region plagued by conflict, poverty and disease.

RELIGION: Most are Christian (66 percent), 6 percent are Muslim and 20 percent practise traditional African religions. LANGUAGE: The official languages are English and Swahili, but there are more than 50 languages in use, including Kikuyu and Kamba.

ECONOMY: Kenya's central bank has said economic growth may fall short of the 8 percent projected for 2008 due to the political crisis. Gross domestic product grew an average 5 percent annually since Kibaki won power in 2002.

Inflation jumped to an annual 18.2 percent in January from 12 percent in December due to shortages caused by insecurity mainly in the fertile Rift Valley -- Kenya's bread basket.

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