Githiru
Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. It is the county headquarters of Nyeri County and was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marua and Kiganjo.
Marua
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. Marua is situated 3 km east of Githiru.
Kiganjo
Town
Photo: Rupumped, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kiganjo is a small town in Kenya's Nyeri county. It hosts the Kenya Police College which is Kenya's main college for police training. Kiganjo also hosts one of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries KCC and a milk depot for the Brookside Milk Company. Kiganjo is situated 7 km north of Githiru.
Nyeri
Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. It is the county headquarters of Nyeri County and was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province.
Githiru
- Type: Locality
- Description: place in Central Province, Kenya
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Nyeri County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Githiru” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Githiru”
- Irish: “Githiru”
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