Nyaga

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ikinu and Gatundu.

Ikinu

Village

Ikinu is a small town in Kenya's Central Province. Ikinu has a shopping centre and a primary school under the name Ikinu Primary school. The shopping centre is located along the Kiambu- Githunguri Road. Ikinu is situated 7 km west of Nyaga.

Gatundu

Town

Photo: Mwanagenzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gatundu is a small town in Kiambu County of Kenya. It is known for the first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta who lived about three kilometres away from the town, as well as his son, Uhuru Kenyatta, the 4th President of Kenya and former Member of Parliament representing Gatundu South Constituency. Gatundu is situated 9 km northeast of Nyaga.

Githunguri

Town

Photo: Njoroge Wa Chege, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Githunguri is an agricultural town in Kiambu County in central Kenya's former Central Province. It is one of the administrative centres of Kiambu County and home to one of East Africa's largest dairy processing plant Fresha, which is owned by a farmers co-operative, Githunguri Dairy farmers cooperative Society. Githunguri is situated 9 km west of Nyaga.

Nyaga

Type: Village
Description: place in Central Province, Kenya
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-1.08334° or 1° 5′ south

Longitude

36.85775° or 36° 51′ 28″ east

Elevation

1,700 metres (5,577 feet)

Open location code

6GCRWV85+M3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9270933730

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

183046

Wikidata ID

Q7070786

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swahili—“Nyaga” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Nyaga”
Irish: “Nyaga”
Swahili: “Nyaga”

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