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Karatina

Eastern Africa

Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya, which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty. The Karatina municipality had a total population of 6,852 at the 1999 census, all of it classified as urban. The town has six electoral wards, all of them in the Mathira Constituency, while the remaining five wards of the Mathira constituency represent the Nyeri County Council. The source article is short, so this entry records the administrative setting and the census figure it supports and leaves other details to later research.

Facts
Population
23,552 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1766 2
Latitude
0.4841 degrees south 3
Longitude
37.126616 degrees east 3
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 6
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Cities, Towns and Urban Centers, census table
    Karatina CE 2,436...... 6,852 8,362 23,552
  • Cities, Towns and Urban Centers, census 2019 column
    Karatina CE 2,436...... 6,852 8,362 23,552
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2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at -0.4841,37.1266
OpentopodataElevation lookup, band
Quote, Elevation lookup, band
"elevation"
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3. GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Karatina, Kenya
GeoNames
  • Search result, latitude
    -0.4841 37.126616
  • Search result, longitude
    -0.4841 37.126616
  • Search result, population
    population 23,552
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4. Karatina (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, location
    Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty.
  • Part Of: Kenya, Lead, country
    Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya
  • On Continent: Africa, Lead, country and continent
    Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, country and subregion
    Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya
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5. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)grid cell -0.25 37.25
Quote, grid cell -0.25 37.25
-0.25 37.25 Cfb
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6. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Nairobi
Quote, Zone Africa/Nairobi
Africa/Nairobi
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