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Murang’a District

Murang’a

Murang'a is a town in Murang'a County of . It is the administrative headquarters of Murang'a County and is mainly inhabited by the Kikuyu community.
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  • Type: Town with 11,000 residents
  • Description: town in Muranga County, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Fort Hall” and “Muranga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Murang’a High School and Wanjii Hydroelectric Power Station.

School
Murang'a High School also known as' Muhae' is a Catholic church sponsored boys boarding high school located in Murang'a town, Kenya. It has over 1000 students.

Industrial building
The is a 7.4 MW hydroelectric power station in Kenya. is situated 3½ km southeast of Murang’a.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maragua and Maragua District.

Town
Photo: François Bianco, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the Muranga County, . It was previously the capital of the former . The town is located along – road just 10 km south of Murang'a. is situated 8 km south of Murang’a.

Town
was a former district of , located in the defunct . Its capital was the town of . In 1999, had a population of 387,969 and an area of 868 km2. is situated 8 km south of Murang’a.

Town
is a small industrial town in , . It is along the - highway, approximately 100 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. is situated 8 km northeast of Murang’a.

Murang’a

Latitude
-0.72366° or 0° 43′ 25″ south
Longitude
37.15759° or 37° 9′ 27″ east
Population
11,000
Elevation
1,318 metres (4,324 feet)
Open location code
6GFV75G5+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1533096290
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
185579
Wiki­data ID
Q974323
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Murang’a” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مورانغة”
  • Catalan: “Muranga”
  • Cebuano: “Murang’a (kapital sa lalawigan sa Kenya)”
  • Cebuano: “Murang’a”
  • Chinese: “穆拉雅”
  • Dutch: “Murang’a”
  • Finnish: “Murang’a”
  • French: “Murang’a”
  • Fulah: “Murang’a”
  • Georgian: “მურანგა”
  • German: “Murang’a”
  • Indonesian: “Murang’a”
  • Irish: “Murang’a”
  • Italian: “Muranga”
  • Japanese: “ムランガ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Murang’a”
  • Norwegian: “Murang’a”
  • Polish: “Murang’a”
  • Portuguese: “Murang’a”
  • Portuguese: “Muranga”
  • Romanian: “Murang’a”
  • Romanian: “Muranga”
  • Russian: “Муранга”
  • Spanish: “Muranga”
  • Swahili: “Murang’a”
  • Swedish: “Muranga”
  • Turkish: “Murang’a”
  • Zulu: “Murang’a”

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