Karatina
Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty. Karatina municipality had a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban in the 1999 census It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council.
- Town with about 23,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,770 metres (5,790 feet)
- Description: town in Nyeri County, Kenya
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kibirigwi and Gaikuyu.
Karatina
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Latitude
-0.48225° or 0° 28′ 56″ south
Longitude
37.12522° or 37° 7′ 31″ east
Open location code
6GFVG49G+43
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Karatina” goes by many names.
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Karatina, KenyaSwahili
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