Murang’a
Murang'a is a town in Murang'a County of Kenya. It is the administrative headquarters of Murang'a County and is mainly inhabited by the Kikuyu community.
- Town with about 1,060,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,610 metres (5,280 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Fort Hall”
- Description: town in Muranga County, Kenya
Places of Interest
Discover Murang’a High School and Wanjii Hydroelectric Power Station.
Murang’a High School
School
Murang'a is a town in Murang'a County of Kenya.
Wanjii Hydroelectric Power Station
Industrial building
The Wanjii Hydroelectric Power Station is a 7.4 MW hydroelectric power station in Kenya.
3½ km southeast of Murang’a
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maragua and Maragua District.
Maragua District
Town
Maragua District was a former district of Kenya, located in the defunct Central Province.
8 km south of Murang’a
Murang’a
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Latitude
-0.72366° or 0° 43′ 25″ south
Longitude
37.15759° or 37° 9′ 27″ east
Open location code
6GFV75G5+G2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Murang’a” goes by many names.
مورانغةArabic
MurangaCatalan
Murang’aCebuano
Murang’a (kapital sa lalawigan sa Kenya)Cebuano
穆拉雅Chinese
Murang’aDanish
Murang’aDutch
Murang’aFinnish
Murang’aFulah
მურანგაGeorgian
Murang’aIndonesian
Murang’aIrish
Murang’aRomanian
МурангаRussian
Murang’aSwahili
MurangaSwedish
Murang’aTurkish
Murang’aZulu
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