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Ongata Rongai

Eastern Africa

Ongata Rongai is a populated place in Kajiado County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Rift Valley Province. GeoNames locates it at 1.40 degrees south and 36.76 degrees east, at about 1731 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 172,569 inhabitants, against 39,951 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 4.3 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 17,288 inhabitants in 1989.

Facts
Population
172,569 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1731 2
Latitude
1.3953 degrees south 2
Longitude
36.764 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Connections

Largest City

Kajiado County, States or Territories
Source Kajiado County (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    RV...... 17,288 35,874 39,951 172,569
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    RV...... 17,288 35,874 39,951 172,569
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2. GeoNames: Ongata Rongai
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 172,569
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1731 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -1.39530, 36.76400
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 1731 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. Ongata Rongai (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Ongata Rongai (also known as Ronga in local slang) is a town located in Kajiado North, Kajiado County, 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
-1.25 36.75 Cfb
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Kajiado County (Wikipedia)
Largest City: Kajiado County, Lead, largest town
Quote, Largest City: Kajiado County, Lead, largest town
The county capital is Kajiado town but the largest town is Ongata Rongai.
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