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.

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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