Ikinu

Ikinu is a small town in Kenya's Central Province. Ikinu has a shopping centre and a primary school under the name Ikinu Primary school. The shopping centre is located along the Kiambu- Githunguri Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Githunguri and Ndumberi.

Githunguri

Town

Photo: Njoroge Wa Chege, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Githunguri is an agricultural town in Kiambu County in central Kenya's former Central Province. It is one of the administrative centres of Kiambu County and home to one of East Africa's largest dairy processing plant Fresha, which is owned by a farmers co-operative, Githunguri Dairy farmers cooperative Society. Githunguri is situated 5 km northwest of Ikinu.

Ndumberi

Suburb

Ndumberi is a municipality division in Central Province, Kenya. It is located at an elevation of about 1,820 m. The surrounding catchment has a population of about 18,000. Ndumberi is situated 6 km south of Ikinu.

Nyaga

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. Nyaga is situated 7 km east of Ikinu.

Ikinu

Type: Village with 2,530 residents
Description: place in Central Province, Kenya
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-1.10042° or 1° 6′ 2″ south

Longitude

36.79702° or 36° 47′ 49″ east

Population

2,530

Elevation

1,838 metres (6,030 feet)

Open location code

6GCRVQXW+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2106720435

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

196582

Wikidata ID

Q5995980

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swahili—“Ikinu” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Ikinu”
Irish: “Ikinu”
Polish: “Ikinu”
Swahili: “Ikinu”

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