Thika District
Thika District is a former administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Thika. The district was adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thika.
Thika
Town
Photo: Gabby Canonizado, CC BY 2.0.
Thika is an industrial town and commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres, northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers. Thika is situated 5 km north of Thika District.
Thika District
- Type: district of Kenya
- Description: Kenya, of which the town is the capital
- Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Thika District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thika District”
- Dutch: “Thika”
- Italian: “distretto di Thika”
- Italian: “Distretto di Thika”
- Italian: “Thika District”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Thika”
- Swedish: “Thika”
- Turkish: “Thika”
- Vietnamese: “Thika”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thika River Forest and Chania Falls.
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