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Murang'a

Eastern Africa

Murang'a is a settlement in Murang'a County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Central Province. GeoNames locates it at 0.72 degrees south and 37.15 degrees east, at about 1318 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 43,314 inhabitants, against 23,723 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.8 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 4,750 inhabitants in 1969.

Facts
Population
43,314 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1318 2
Latitude
0.72104 degrees south 2
Longitude
37.15259 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    CE 4,750 15,290 21,650... 23,723 43,314
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    CE 4,750 15,290 21,650... 23,723 43,314
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2. GeoNames: Murang'a
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 43,314
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1318 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -0.72104, 37.15259
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 1318 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
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3. Murang'a (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Murang'a (previously Fort Hall) is a town in Murang'a County of Kenya.
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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 cell
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-0.75 37.25 Aw
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