Kikuyu

Kikuyu is a municipality in Kiambu County, Kenya, which grew from a settlement of colonial missionaries. The town is located about 20 km northwest of central .
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  • Type: Locality with 324,000 residents
  • Description: town in Kiambu County, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Gikuyu” and “Kikuyu, Kenya”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Alliance Girls High School and Alliance High School.

School
Photo: African Girls, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alliance Girls' High School is a public national…

School
The is a public national high school for boys located in Kikuyu, Kenya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gikambura and Kagondo.

Village
is a settlement in 's . is situated 5 km southwest of Kikuyu.

Village
The Central Province was a region in central … is situated 4½ km southeast of Kikuyu.

Kikuyu

Latitude
-1.2463° or 1° 14′ 47″ south
Longitude
36.6629° or 36° 39′ 47″ east
Population
324,000
Elevation
2,047 metres (6,716 feet)
Open location code
6GCRQM37+F5
Geo­Names ID
192126
Wiki­data ID
Q1026079
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Kikuyu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kikuyu”
  • Dutch: “Kikuyu”
  • Finnish: “Kikuyu (Kenia)”
  • Finnish: “Kikuyu”
  • German: “Kikuyu”
  • Irish: “Kikuyu”
  • Japanese: “キクユ”
  • Kikuyu: “Kikuyu”
  • Latvian: “Kikuju”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kikuyu”
  • Norwegian: “Kikuyu”
  • Polish: “Kikuyu”
  • Russian: “Кикую”
  • Spanish: “Kikuyu”
  • Swahili: “Kikuyu”
  • Swedish: “Kikuyu”
  • Tumbuka: “Kikuyu, Kenya”
  • Ukrainian: “Кікую”
  • Urdu: “کیکویو، کینیا”
  • Urdu: “کیکویو”
  • Zulu: “Kikuyu, Khenya”
  • Zulu: “Kikuyu”

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