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 Nairobi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 324,000 residents
- Description: town in Kiambu County, Kenya
- Also known as: “Gikuyu” and “Kikuyu, Kenya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gikambura and Gicharani.
Gikambura
Village
Gikambura is a settlement in Kenya's Kiambu County located in Kikuyu constituency. Gikambura is situated 4½ km southwest of Kikuyu.
Gicharani
Village
The Central Province was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of 11,449 km2 and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya.
Gichoto
Village
The Central Province was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of 11,449 km2 and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya. Gichoto is situated 3½ km south of Kikuyu.
Kikuyu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.251° or 1° 15′ 4″ southLongitude
36.6565° or 36° 39′ 23″ eastPopulation
324,000Elevation
2,047 metres (6,716 feet)Open location code
6GCRPMX4+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 678192419OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
192126Wikidata 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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