Kamacharia
Kamacharia is a small Kikuyu town in Murang'a County Central Kenya. The town gained its name from a clan "mbari ya macharia" after being known as Kiriithiru.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiriani and Othaya.
Kiriani
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. Kiriani is situated 4 km west of Kamacharia.
Othaya
Village
Othaya is a Kenyan town about 120 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital. As of the 1999 census, Othaya had a population of 21,427, of which 4,108 were classified as core urban; the majority of the residents belong to the Kikuyu ethnic group. Othaya is situated 8 km northwest of Kamacharia.
Mukurwe-ini
Village
Mûkûrwe'inî was a former district in Nyeri County, Kenya. Mûkûrwe'inî was elevated from a division to district status in 2008. The old Mûkûrwe'inî Divisional boundaries remained as the new district's boundaries. Mukurwe-ini is situated 8 km northeast of Kamacharia.
Kamacharia
- Type: Locality
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Murang’a District, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swahili—“Kamacharia” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kamacharia”
- Irish: “Kamacharia”
- Swahili: “Kamacharia, Kenya”
- Swahili: “Kamacharia”
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