Ruiru
Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru was the 4th largest urban centre in Kenya by population.
- Town with 79,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1,531 metres (5,023 feet)
- Description: town and municipality in Kenya
Ruiru
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Latitude
-1.1473° or 1° 8′ 50″ south
Longitude
36.9604° or 36° 57′ 38″ east
Open location code
6GCRVX36+35
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zulu—“Ruiru” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ruiru”
- Catalan: “Ruiru”
- Cebuano: “Ruiru”
- Chinese: “魯依魯”
- Croatian: “Ruiru”
- Danish: “Ruiru”
- Dutch: “Ruiru”
- Esperanto: “Ruiru”
- Estonian: “Ruiru”
- Finnish: “Ruiru”
- French: “Ruiru”
- Georgian: “რუირუ”
- German: “Ruiru”
- Hebrew: “רואירו”
- Irish: “Ruiru”
- Italian: “Ruiru”
- Japanese: “ルイル”
- Korean: “루이루”
- Latvian: “Ruiru”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruiru”
- Norwegian: “Ruiru”
- Persian: “رویرو، کنیا”
- Persian: “رویرو”
- Polish: “Ruiru”
- Romanian: “Ruiru”
- Russian: “Руиру”
- South Azerbaijani: “رویرو، کنیا”
- South Azerbaijani: “رویرو”
- Spanish: “Ruiru”
- Swahili: “Ruiru”
- Swedish: “Ruiru”
- Tumbuka: “Ruiru”
- Ukrainian: “Руїру”
- Urdu: “رویرو”
- Zulu: “Ruiru”
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