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Nanyuki

Eastern Africa

Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County, Kenya, located northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. Its name derives from the Maasai word Enyaanyukie, meaning resemblance.

Facts
Population
72,813 1
Founding Year
1907 1
Latitude
0.016667 degrees north 2
Longitude
37.066667 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Mountain 3
Coastal
No 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. Nanyuki (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'established_date/founded' = '1907'
  • Lead, location
    Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County, Kenya, located northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi.
  • Infobox: population_total
    72,813
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Nanyuki (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 0.016667, longitude 37.066667
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3. GeoNames: Nanyuki - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 184433
    0.00624 37.07398 P PPL KE 29 72813 1951 Africa/Nairobi
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1951 m
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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 0.25, 37.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.25, 37.25
0.25 37.25 Csb
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Wikidata: Nanyuki
Wikidata Q123160, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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