Gatundu
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mwanagenzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamwangi and Kimunyu.
Kamwangi
Village
Kamwangi town is headquarter of Gatundu North Sub County Kiambu County, Kenya, in the former Central Province. Kamwangi is situated 6 km north of Gatundu.
Kimunyu
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. Kimunyu is situated 7 km southeast of Gatundu.
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 9 km southwest of Gatundu.
Gatundu
- Type: Town with 7,950 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kiambu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.01559° or 1° 0′ 56″ southLongitude
36.90581° or 36° 54′ 21″ eastPopulation
7,950Elevation
1,631 metres (5,351 feet)Open location code
6GCRXWM4+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1136529973OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
197557Wikidata ID
Q785627
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Gatundu” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Гатунду”
- Czech: “Gatundu”
- Danish: “Gatundu”
- Dutch: “Gatundu”
- French: “Gatundu”
- Hebrew: “גטונדו”
- Indonesian: “Gatundu”
- Irish: “Gatundu”
- Italian: “Gatundu”
- Kikuyu: “Gatundu”
- Polish: “Gatundu”
- Russian: “Гатунду”
- Swahili: “Gatundu”
- Swedish: “Gatundu”
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