Athi River

Athi River is a town outside , in Machakos County. The town is named after the , which passes through. It is also known as Mavoko.
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  • Type: Town with 81,300 residents
  • Description: town in Kenya
  • Also known as: Mavoko

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gulf Energy Thermal Power Station.

Power station
, also Athi River Thermal Power Station, is an 80.32 MW, heavy fuel oil-fired thermal power station in . This power station is one of about a dozen heavy fuel-fired power stations which offer the country backup capacity… is situated 3½ km east of Athi River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kitengela.

Town
is a municipality in the Kajiado County of Kenya, located 34 kilometres south of the capital , forming part of the greater Metropolitan Area. is situated 3½ km southwest of Athi River.

Athi River

Latitude
-1.447° or 1° 26′ 49″ south
Longitude
36.9756° or 36° 58′ 32″ east
Population
81,300
Elevation
1,505 metres (4,938 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KE ARI
Open location code
6GCRHX3G+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 677845201
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
200787
Wiki­data ID
Q4813647
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zulu—“Athi River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Athi River
  • Cebuano: Athi River
  • Chinese: 阿西河鎮
  • Chinese: 阿西河镇
  • Dagbani: Athi River (town)
  • Dagbani: Athi River
  • Dutch: Athi River
  • Finnish: Athi River
  • French: Athi River
  • French: Mavoko
  • German: Athi River
  • Japanese: アシリバー
  • Japanese: マヴォコ
  • Mongolian: Ати Ривер
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mavoko
  • Norwegian: Mavoko
  • Polish: Athi River
  • Russian: Ати-Ривер
  • Spanish: Athi River
  • Swahili: Athi River, Kenya
  • Swahili: Athi River
  • Swedish: Mavoko
  • Tamil: ஆதி நதி
  • Ukrainian: Аті-Ривер
  • Urdu: دریائے اتھی
  • Zulu: Athi River, Idolobha

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Athi River”. Photo: DEMOSH, CC BY 2.0.