Limuru is a populated place in Kiambu County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Central Province. GeoNames locates it at 1.11 degrees south and 36.64 degrees east, at about 2251 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 81,316 inhabitants, against 61,306 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.3 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 1,286 inhabitants in 1969.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Limuru
GeoNames page, Population
Population 159,314
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone Africa/Nairobi
GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 2251 m
Coordinates
Coordinates -1.11360, 36.64205
SRTM3 elevation
SRTM3 2251 m
Part Of: Kenya, GeoNames page, country hierarchy
Kenya KE Country
On Continent: Africa, GeoNames page, breadcrumb
Africa › Kenya KE
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), GeoNames page, country hierarchy
Kenya KE Country
View the Source2. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deTable row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
CE 1,286......... 61,306 81,316
Table row, census date 2019-08-24
CE 1,286......... 61,306 81,316
View the Source 3. Limuru (Wikipedia)
Lead, locationQuote, Lead, location
Limuru is a town in central Kenya.
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cellQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-1.25 36.75 Cfb
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