Central Province
The Central Province was a region in central Kenya 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 Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya.- Type: State with 4,150,000 residents
- Description: former province of Kenya
- Also known as: “Agbegbe aarin”, “Centralna provinca”, “Centralprovincen”, “KE-200”, “Κεντρική Επαρχία”, “Центральная”, “מחוז מרכז”, “פרובינציית המרכז”, “المحافظه الوسطى”, “సెంట్రల్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”, and “セントラル州”
Central Province
- Categories: province of Kenya and locality
- Location: Nyeri County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.5108° or 0° 30′ 39″ south
Longitude
36.8453° or 36° 50′ 43″ east
Population
4,150,000
Open location code
6GFRFRQW+M4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Central Province” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المحافظة الوسطى”
- Belarusian: “Цэнтральная правінцыя”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট্রাল প্রদেশ”
- Breton: “Central”
- Bulgarian: “Централна провинция”
- Catalan: “província Central”
- Catalan: “Província Central”
- Chinese: “中部省”
- Czech: “Centrální provincie”
- Danish: “Centralprovinsen”
- Dutch: “Kati”
- Esperanto: “Centra provinco de Kenjo”
- Finnish: “Central Province”
- Finnish: “Keskinen maakunta”
- French: “Province centrale”
- Georgian: “ცენტრალური პროვინცია”
- German: “Central”
- German: “Zentral”
- Greek: “Κεντρική επαρχία”
- Gujarati: “સેન્ટ્રલ પ્રાંત”
- Hebrew: “מחוז המרכז”
- Hindi: “केंद्रीय प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Középső tartomány”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Central”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Tengah”
- Italian: “provincia centrale”
- Italian: “Provincia Centrale”
- Japanese: “中央州”
- Kannada: “ಮಧ್ಯ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kikuyu: “Gatagati mkoa, Kenya”
- Kikuyu: “Gatagati mkoa”
- Korean: “중부주”
- Latvian: “Centrālā province”
- Lithuanian: “Centrinė provincija”
- Luxembourgish: “Provënz Central”
- Madurese: “Kènya Tengnga”
- Malay: “Central Province”
- Marathi: “मध्यवर्ती प्रांत”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Central Province”
- Norwegian: “Central Province”
- Persian: “استان مرکزی”
- Polish: “Prowincja Centralna”
- Portuguese: “Província Central”
- Romanian: “Provincia Centrală, Kenya”
- Romanian: “Provincia Centrală”
- Russian: “Центральная провинция”
- Serbian: “Centralna provincija”
- Serbian: “Централна провинција”
- Sinhala: “මධ්යම පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Osrednja provinca”
- Spanish: “Provincia Central”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kati”
- Swedish: “Centralprovinsen, Kenya”
- Swedish: “Centralprovinsen”
- Tamil: “சென்ட்ரல் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “மத்திய மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “సెంట్రల్ ప్రావిన్స్”
- Thai: “เซ็นทรัล โพวิ้น”
- Turkish: “Central Province”
- Ukrainian: “Центральна провінція”
- Urdu: “وسطی صوبہ”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Miền Trung”
- Western Panjabi: “وچلا صوبا، کینیا”
- Western Panjabi: “وشکارلہ”
- Wu Chinese: “中部省 (肯尼亚)”
- Wu Chinese: “中部省(肯尼亚)”
- Yoruba: “Ìgbéríko Àrin”
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