Kirinyaga County

Kirinyaga District was an administrative district in the of . Its administrative centre is . As of 1999, the district had a population of 457,105 and an area of 1,478 km².
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerugoya and Kutus.

is the largest town in Kirinyaga County, located 10 kilometres east of and 40 kilometres west of . It is situated in the former Kirinyaga district.

Town
is a town in Kirinyaga County, , serving as the county's administrative headquarters. is situated 8 km south of Kirinyaga County.

Kirinyaga County

Latitude
-0.5° or 0° 30′ south
Longitude
37.3333° or 37° 20′ east
Population
610,000
Elevation
1,464 metres (4,803 feet)
Open location code
6GFVG82M+28
Geo­Names ID
191420
Wiki­data ID
Q122878702
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Kirinyaga County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kirinyaga
  • Chinese: 基里尼亞加郡
  • Dutch: Kirinyaga
  • Finnish: Kirinyagan piirikunta
  • French: comté de Kirinyaga
  • German: Kirinyaga County
  • Hebrew: קריניאגה
  • Indonesian: County Kirinyaga
  • Italian: contea di Kirinyaga
  • Japanese: キリーニャガ
  • Korean: 키리니아가현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kirinyaga Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kirinyaga fylke
  • Persian: شهرستان کیرینیاگا
  • Polish: Kirinyaga
  • Portuguese: Quiriniaga
  • Russian: Кириняга
  • Spanish: Condado de Kirinyaga
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Kirinyaga
  • Swedish: Kirinyaga
  • Urdu: کیرینیاگا کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Kirinyaga
  • Welsh: Sir Kirinyaga
  • Zulu: Kirinyaga County

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