Kamwangi
Kamwangi town is headquarter of Gatundu North Sub County Kiambu County, Kenya, in the former Central Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gatundu and Gatanga.
Gatundu
Town
Photo: Mwanagenzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gatundu is a small town in Kiambu County of Kenya. It is known for the first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta who lived about three kilometres away from the town, as well as his son, Uhuru Kenyatta, the 4th President of Kenya and former Member of Parliament representing Gatundu South Constituency. Gatundu is situated 6 km south of Kamwangi.
Gatanga
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. Gatanga is situated 7 km east of Kamwangi.
Kamwangi
- Type: Village
- Description: place in Kiambu County, Kenya
- Categories: human settlement, Constituency of Kenya, and locality
- Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.95858° or 0° 57′ 31″ southLongitude
36.90025° or 36° 54′ 1″ eastElevation
1,767 metres (5,797 feet)Open location code
6GFR2WR2+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1416029875OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swahili—“Kamwangi” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kamwangi”
- Irish: “Kamwangi”
- Swahili: “Kamwangi”
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