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Kajiado

Eastern Africa

Kajiado is a settlement in Kajiado County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Rift Valley Province. GeoNames locates it at 1.85 degrees south and 36.78 degrees east, at about 1725 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 24,678 inhabitants, against 14,205 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 1.7 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 1,755 inhabitants in 1969.

Facts
Population
24,678 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1725 2
Latitude
1.85238 degrees south 2
Longitude
36.77683 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Connections

Has Capital

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 1,755...... 9,128 14,205 24,678
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    RV 1,755...... 9,128 14,205 24,678
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2. GeoNames: Kajiado
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 24,678
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1725 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -1.85238, 36.77683
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 1725 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. Kajiado (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Kajiado is a town in 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
-1.75 36.75 Cwb
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Kajiado County (Wikipedia)
Has Capital: Kajiado County, Lead, capital
Quote, Has Capital: Kajiado County, Lead, capital
The county capital is Kajiado town but the largest town is Ongata Rongai.
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