Nyeri County

Nyeri County is a county located in the Mount Kenya region of . Its capital and largest town is . It had a population of 759,164 according to the 2019 census and an area of 2361 km2.
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  • Type: county of Kenya with 759,000 residents
  • Description: county in Kenya
  • Also known as: Nyeri

Places of Interest

Highlights include Outspan Hotel and Nyeri Airport.

Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , located in , , was developed from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker during the 1920s. In 1928, Walker opened the on 28 hectares of Crown Land in Nyeri, overlooking the of a river in the .

Aerodrome
is an in Nyeri County, . is situated 7 km northeast of Nyeri County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyeri and Kiganjo.

is a town situated in the Central Highlands of . It is the county headquarters of County and was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former .

Village
is a small town in 's Nyeri county. It hosts the Kenya Police College which is Kenya's main college for police training. also hosts one of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries KCC and a milk depot for the Brookside Milk Company. is situated 7 km northeast of Nyeri County.

Nyeri County

Latitude
-0.42° or 0° 25′ 12″ south
Longitude
36.95° or 36° 57′ east
Population
759,000
Elevation
1,803 metres (5,915 feet)
Open location code
6GFRHWHX+XX
Geo­Names ID
7667661
Wiki­data ID
Q749665
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Zulu—“Nyeri County” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: акруга Ньеры
  • Belarusian: Ньеры (акруга)
  • Belarusian: Ньеры
  • Cebuano: Nyeri (lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Nyeri
  • Chinese: Nyeri Kūn
  • Chinese: 涅里郡
  • Dutch: Nyeri County
  • Dutch: Nyeri
  • Finnish: Nyerin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Nyeri
  • French: Comté de Nyeri
  • French: district de Nyeri
  • German: Nyeri County
  • German: Nyeri District
  • Indonesian: County Nyeri
  • Italian: contea di Nyeri
  • Italian: Contea di Nyeri
  • Japanese: ニエリ (カウンティ)
  • Japanese: ニエリ
  • Korean: 니에리현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nyeri Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nyeri fylke
  • Norwegian: Nyeri fylke
  • Persian: شهرستان نیری
  • Polish: Nyeri
  • Portuguese: Nieri
  • Portuguese: Nyeri
  • Russian: Ньери
  • Russian: округ Ньери
  • Slovenian: Nyeri County
  • Slovenian: Nyeri
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Nyeri
  • Spanish: Condado de Nyeri
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Nyeri
  • Swedish: Nyeri
  • Urdu: نیئری کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Nyeri
  • Vietnamese: Nyeri
  • Welsh: Sir Nyeri
  • Zulu: Nyeri County

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gitathi-ini and Kiangi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kamakwa and Muringato Forest.

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