Limuru
Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It serves as both a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division. As of 2004, the town's population was approximately 4,800, which significantly increased to 159,314 by the 2019 census.- Type: Town with 159,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Limuru, Kenya”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Loreto High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabuku.
Kabuku
Suburb
Kabuku is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province, in the subcounty of Limuru. Kabuku is situated 5 km southeast of Limuru.
Limuru
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.1159° or 1° 6′ 57″ south
Longitude
36.6393° or 36° 38′ 22″ east
Population
159,000
Elevation
2,251 metres (7,385 feet)
UN/LOCODE
KE LIM
Open location code
6GCRVJMQ+MP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Zulu—“Limuru” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Limuru”
- Cebuano: “Limuru”
- Chinese: “利穆魯”
- Danish: “Limuru”
- Dutch: “Limuru”
- Estonian: “Limuru”
- Finnish: “Limuru”
- French: “Limuru”
- Georgian: “ლიმურუ”
- German: “Limuru”
- Irish: “Limuru”
- Japanese: “リムル”
- Polish: “Limuru”
- Russian: “Лимуру”
- Spanish: “Limuru”
- Swahili: “Limuru”
- Swedish: “Limuru”
- Urdu: “لیمورو”
- Zulu: “Limuru”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Limuru and Rironi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Limuru Town Baptist Church and ACK St.Andrews Church Limuru.
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