Kiambu

Kiambu is a major town and the capital of Kiambu County, located just north of in Kenya. Sitting at a high elevation, it features a cool, lush climate and is deeply characterized by rolling green hills covered in sprawling tea and coffee plantations.
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  • Type: Town with 148,000 residents
  • Description: town in Kiambu County, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Kiambuu”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ndumberi and Kangoya.

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.

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

Latitude
-1.1664° or 1° 9′ 59″ south
Longitude
36.8253° or 36° 49′ 31″ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
1,683 metres (5,522 feet)
Open location code
6GCRRRMG+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1124781912
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
192710
Wiki­data ID
Q3242959
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zulu—“Kiambu” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kiambu”
  • Cebuano: “Kiambu”
  • Chinese: “基安布”
  • Danish: “Kiambu”
  • Dutch: “Kiambu”
  • Finnish: “Kiambu”
  • French: “Kiambu”
  • Fulah: “Kiambu”
  • Georgian: “კიამბუ”
  • German: “Kiambu”
  • Indonesian: “Kiambu”
  • Irish: “Kiambu”
  • Italian: “Kiambu”
  • Japanese: “キアンブ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiambu”
  • Norwegian: “Kiambu”
  • Persian: “کیامبو”
  • Polish: “Kiambu”
  • Portuguese: “Kiambu”
  • Romanian: “Kiambu”
  • Russian: “Киамбу”
  • Slovenian: “Kiambu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کیامبو”
  • Spanish: “Kiambu”
  • Swahili: “Kiambu”
  • Swedish: “Kiambu”
  • Urdu: “کیامبو”
  • Zulu: “Kiambu”

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