Embu County

Embu County is a county located on the southeastern foothills of within the Mount Kenya region. It borders Kirinyaga County to the west, to the north, Kitui County to the east, and Machakos County to the south.
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  • County of Kenya with 609,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,648 metres (5,407 feet)
  • …is also known as “Embu District”
  • Description: county in Kenya

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gichiche and Gakwegore.
The Eastern Province of was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya. is situated 6 km east of Embu County.
The Eastern Province of was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya. is situated 6 km east of Embu County.
The Eastern Province of was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya. is situated 8 km east of Embu County.

Embu County

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Latitude
-0.425° or 0° 25′ 30″ south
Longitude
37.531° or 37° 31′ 52″ east
Open location code
6GFVHGGJ+2C
Geo­Names ID
198474
Wiki­data ID
Q1335242

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Embu County” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “እምቡ ስብስብ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Embu Rayon”
  • Bengali: “এম্বু কাউন্টি”
  • Cebuano: “Embu (lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Embu”
  • Chinese: “恩布郡”
  • Dutch: “Embu County”
  • Dutch: “Embu”
  • Finnish: “Embun piirikunta”
  • French: “comté d’Embu”
  • French: “Comté d’Embu”
  • German: “Embu County”
  • German: “Embu District”
  • Hausa: “Gundumar Embu”
  • Indonesian: “County Embu”
  • Italian: “contea di Embu”
  • Italian: “Contea di Embu”
  • Japanese: “エンブ (カウンティ)”
  • Japanese: “エンブ”
  • Japanese: “エンブ県”
  • Javanese: “Kabupaten Embu”
  • Kazakh: “Ембу округі”
  • Kirghiz: “Ембу округу”
  • Korean: “엠부현”
  • Malay: “Daerah Embu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Embu Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Embu fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Embu fylke”
  • Oromo: “Gidda Embu”
  • Panjabi: “ਐਂਬੂ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان امبو”
  • Polish: “Embu (hrabstwo)”
  • Polish: “Embu”
  • Portuguese: “Embu (condado)”
  • Portuguese: “Embu”
  • Pushto: “د امبو کاونټی”
  • Russian: “Эмбу”
  • Slovenian: “Embu County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Embu”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Embu”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Embu”
  • Swahili: “Kaunti ya Embu”
  • Swedish: “Embu (distrikt)”
  • Swedish: “Embu”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Ембу”
  • Tatar: “Ембу округы”
  • Tumbuka: “Embu County, Kenya”
  • Tumbuka: “Embu County”
  • Urdu: “عمبو کاؤنٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Embu tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Embu”
  • Welsh: “Sir Embu”
  • Zulu: “Embu County”

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