Ruiru

Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in , . It sits within the greater . According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru was the 4th largest urban centre in Kenya by population.
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Ruiru

Latitude
-1.1473° or 1° 8′ 50″ south
Longitude
36.9604° or 36° 57′ 38″ east
Population
79,700
Elevation
1,531 metres (5,023 feet)
Open location code
6GCRVX36+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1847281563
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
181032
Wiki­data ID
Q302246
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Satellite Map

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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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