Kiambu County

Kiambu County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in the Mount Kenya region of . Its capital is and its largest town is Thika town. Kiambu County is the second most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County.
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  • Type: county of Kenya with 2,420,000 residents
  • Description: county in Kenya
  • Also known as: Kiambu District

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiambu and Ndumberi.

Town
is a town in County, . It is 14 km from the national capital, . It is the capital of County, which bounds the northern border of . Other proximate towns are , , and .

Suburb
is a municipality division in , . It is located at an elevation of about 1,820 m. The surrounding catchment has a population of about 18,000. is situated 3½ km northwest of Kiambu County.

Village
The Central Province was a region in central 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 and west of .

Kiambu County

Latitude
-1.1667° or 1° 10′ south
Longitude
36.8333° or 36° 50′ east
Population
2,420,000
Elevation
1,703 metres (5,587 feet)
Open location code
6GCRRRMM+88
Geo­Names ID
8693007
Wiki­data ID
Q2575594
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Kiambu County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kiambu
  • Chinese: Kiambu Kūn
  • Chinese: 基安布郡
  • Dutch: Kiambu County
  • Dutch: Kiambu
  • Finnish: Kiambun piirikunta
  • French: comté de Kiambu
  • French: Comté de Kiambu
  • German: Kiambu County
  • German: Kiambu Distrikt
  • Indonesian: County Kiambu
  • Irish: Contae Kiambu
  • Italian: contea di Kiambu
  • Italian: Contea di Kiambu
  • Italian: Kiambu District
  • Japanese: キアンブ (カウンティ)
  • Japanese: キアンブ
  • Korean: 키암부현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kiambu Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kiambu fylke
  • Norwegian: Kiambu fylke
  • Persian: شهرستان کیامبو
  • Polish: Kiambu (hrabstwo)
  • Polish: Kiambu
  • Russian: Киямбу
  • Slovenian: Kiambu County
  • Slovenian: Kiambu District
  • Spanish: Condado de Kiambu
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Kiambu
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Kiambu
  • Swedish: Kiambu
  • Urdu: کیامبو کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Kiambu
  • Vietnamese: Kiambu
  • Welsh: Sir Kiambu
  • Zulu: Kiambu County

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