KES

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KES is the currency code for the Kenyan shilling, the official monetary unit of Kenya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 4217 currency code
currency code
belongsToCurrencySystem Kenyan shilling currency system
category fiat currency code
centralBank Central Bank of Kenya NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Kenya
currencyOf Kenya NERFINISHED
denominationSystem decimal
denotes the value of the Kenyan shilling in financial systems
exchangeableFor other national currencies
fractionalUnitRatio 1 shilling = 100 cents
hasMonetaryAuthority Central Bank of Kenya NERFINISHED
introducedAsISOCode after introduction of ISO 4217 standard
isFiatCurrencyCode true
ISO4217Code KES
languageContext English in Kenya
legalStatus legal tender in Kenya
legalTenderIn Kenya NERFINISHED
minorUnit 2
minorUnitName cent
cent (Kenyan shilling subunit)
monetaryUnitOf Kenyan economy
numericCode 404
officialCurrencyOf Kenya NERFINISHED
region East Africa
representsCurrency Kenyan shilling NERFINISHED
standard ISO 4217 NERFINISHED
standardizedBy International Organization for Standardization NERFINISHED
subunitOf Kenyan shilling NERFINISHED
symbol KSh
Sh
usedBy Kenyan government NERFINISHED
businesses in Kenya
financial institutions in Kenya
residents of Kenya
usedFor domestic transactions in Kenya
government budgeting in Kenya
pricing of goods and services in Kenya
salary payments in Kenya
tax payments in Kenya
usedIn Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED
usedInForexMarket yes
writingConvention amount usually written as "KSh" followed by value

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CBK currencyCode KES
subject surface form: Central Bank of Kenya