Kapenguria
Kapenguria is a town in Kenya and the capital of West Pokot County. It lies north-east of Kitale on the A1 road along the Kitale–Lodwar corridor in north-western Kenya.- Type: Town with 56,000 residents
- Description: town in Kenya
- Also known as: “Kap-Nguria”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kapenguria Museum.
Kapenguria Museum
Museum
The Kapenguria Museum is a museum located in Kapenguria, Kenya. Kapenguria Museum is situated 4½ km southeast of Kapenguria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Makutano and Morkwijit.
Morkwijit
Village
Rift Valley Province of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was… Morkwijit is situated 6 km south of Kapenguria.
Kapenguria
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Pokot County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
1.2539° or 1° 15′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.0933° or 35° 5′ 36″ east
Population
56,000
Elevation
2,020 metres (6,627 feet)
Open location code
6GHQ733V+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Zulu—“Kapenguria” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kapenguria”
- Cebuano: “Kapenguria”
- Chinese: “卡彭古里亚”
- Chinese: “卡彭古里亞”
- Danish: “Kapenguria”
- Dutch: “Kapenguria”
- Finnish: “Kapenguria”
- Fulah: “Kapenguria”
- Georgian: “კაპენგურია”
- Indonesian: “Kapenguria”
- Irish: “Kapenguria”
- Italian: “Kapenguria”
- Japanese: “カペングリア”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapenguria”
- Norwegian: “Kapenguria”
- Polish: “Kapenguria”
- Romanian: “Kapenguria”
- Slovenian: “Kapenguria”
- Spanish: “Kapenguria”
- Swahili: “Kapenguria”
- Swedish: “Kapenguria”
- Zulu: “Kapenguria”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kapenguria and Kishaunet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Makutano Catholic Church and Makutano.
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