East Africa
Kenya
Nyeri County

Kiganjo

Kiganjo is a small town in 's Nyeri county. It hosts the Kenya Police College which is Kenya's main college for police training. Kiganjo also hosts one of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries KCC and a milk depot for the Brookside Milk Company.
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  • Type: Village with 4,010 residents
  • Description: place in Nyeri County, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Kĩganjo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nyeri Airport and Kagumo High School.

Aerodrome
is an in , . is situated 3½ km northwest of Kiganjo.

School
is a boys' national high school situated between and Kiganjo townships along the Nyeri-Nanyuki road in . Established in 1933 as a primary institution in Gatitu, its initial aim was to train artisans for Native African training depots.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyeri and Marua.

Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town situated in the Central Highlands of . It is the county headquarters of and was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former .

Village
The Central Province was a region in central 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 and west of . is situated 8 km southeast of Kiganjo.

Kiganjo

Latitude
-0.39311° or 0° 23′ 35″ south
Longitude
37.00197° or 37° 0′ 7″ east
Population
4,010
Elevation
1,740 metres (5,709 feet)
Open location code
6GFVJ242+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1806467013
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
192295
Wiki­data ID
Q6405922
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Kiganjo” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kiganjo”
  • German: “Kiganjo”
  • Irish: “Kiganjo”
  • Polish: “Kiganjo”
  • Portuguese: “Quiganjo”

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