Kirinyaga County
Kirinyaga District was an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its administrative centre is Kerugoya. As of 1999, the district had a population of 457,105 and an area of 1,478 km².| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerugoya and Kutus.
Kerugoya
Kerugoya is the largest town in Kirinyaga County, located 10 kilometres east of Karatina and 40 kilometres west of Embu. It is situated in the former Kirinyaga district.Kutus
Town
Kutus is a town in Kirinyaga County, Kenya, serving as the county's administrative headquarters. Kutus is situated 8 km south of Kirinyaga County.
Kirinyaga County
- Description: former district of Kenya
- Also known as: “Kirinyaga District” and “基里尼亚加郡”
- Location: Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.5° or 0° 30′ southLongitude
37.3333° or 37° 20′ eastPopulation
610,000Elevation
1,464 metres (4,803 feet)Open location code
6GFVG82M+28GeoNames ID
191420Wikidata ID
Q122878702
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Satellite Map
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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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