Ruring’u Ward

Ruring’u Ward is a suburb in Nyeri County, Kenya and has about 26,700 residents. Ruring’u Ward is situated nearby to the suburb Rware Ward, as well as near the locality Kiwanja cha Chui.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Outspan Hotel.

Outspan Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Outspan Hotel, located in Nyeri, Kenya, was developed from an old farm by Eric Sherbrooke Walker during the 1920s. In 1928, Walker opened the Outspan Hotel on 28 hectares of Crown Land in Nyeri, overlooking the gorge of a river in the Aberdare Range. Outspan Hotel is situated 3½ km northwest of Ruring’u Ward.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyeri and Kiganjo.

Nyeri

Photo: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Kiganjo

Town

Photo: Rupumped, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kiganjo is a small town in Kenya's Nyeri county. It hosts the Kenya Police College which is Kenya's main college for police training. Kiganjo also hosts one of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries KCC and a milk depot for the Brookside Milk Company. Kiganjo is situated 6 km northeast of Ruring’u Ward.

Marua

Village

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. Marua is situated 9 km east of Ruring’u Ward.

Ruring’u Ward

Type: Suburb with 26,700 residents
Category: locality
Location: Nyeri County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-0.43472° or 0° 26′ 5″ south

Longitude

36.96523° or 36° 57′ 55″ east

Population

26,700

Open location code

6GFRHX88+43

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1165954126

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rware Ward and Kiwanja cha Chui.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include County Council Offices of Nyeri and St Marks Church (Ruring’u Parish).

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