Gilgil is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Rift Valley Province. GeoNames locates it at 0.50 degrees south and 36.32 degrees east, at about 2009 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 60,711 inhabitants, against 39,016 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.6 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 4,178 inhabitants in 1969.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deTable row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
RV 4,178 9,103 14,034 20,362 39,016 60,711
Table row, census date 2019-08-24
RV 4,178 9,103 14,034 20,362 39,016 60,711
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Gilgil
GeoNames page, Population
Population 60,711
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone Africa/Nairobi
GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 2009 m
Coordinates
Coordinates -0.50397, 36.31845
SRTM3 elevation
SRTM3 2009 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 Source3. Gilgil (Wikipedia)
Lead, locationQuote, Lead, location
Gilgil is a town in Nakuru County, 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
-0.75 36.25 Cfb
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