Riruta
Riruta is a suburb in Nairobi County, Kenya and has an elevation of 1,818 metres. Riruta is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ndurarua, as well as near Swamp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lenana School and Nairobi War Cemetery.
Lenana School
School
Photo: Arthurbuliva, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lenana School is a secondary school in Nairobi, Kenya. It was formed in 1949 by colonial governor Philip Euen Mitchell, known then as the Duke of York School, named after a British World War II 1939 King George V-class battleship.
Nairobi War Cemetery
Memorial
Photo: HJ Mitchell, CC BY 4.0.
The Nairobi War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the Second World War located in Nairobi, Kenya. Nairobi War Cemetery is situated 3 km southeast of Riruta.
Dagoretti High School
School
Dagoretti High School is a high school in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi county, Kenya. It is a Provincial School located 16 Kilometres from the Nairobi City centre along the Nairobi-Kikuyu Road. Dagoretti High School is situated 3 km northwest of Riruta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waithaka and Loresho.
Waithaka
Village
Waithaka is a settlement in Nairobi. Located within the Dagoretti area, it is approximately 11 km west of Nairobi central business district. It borders near Mutuini.
Loresho
Suburb
Loresho is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 7.5 kilometres northwest of the central business district of Nairobi. Loresho is situated 4 km northeast of Riruta.
Kagondo
Village
The Central Province was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of 11,449 km2 and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya. Kagondo is situated 4½ km northwest of Riruta.
Riruta
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.28809° or 1° 17′ 17″ southLongitude
36.73614° or 36° 44′ 10″ eastElevation
1,818 metres (5,965 feet)Open location code
6GCRPP6P+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 11407318879OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
181192
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