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Maralal

Eastern Africa

Maralal is a settlement in Samburu County, Kenya, which the census tables compiled by City Population place in the former Rift Valley Province. GeoNames locates it at 1.10 degrees north and 36.70 degrees east, at about 1941 metres above sea level, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone, which is UTC+03:00. The 2019 census counted 31,350 inhabitants, against 15,213 at the 2009 census, a rise to about 2.1 times the earlier figure in ten years. Its earliest census figure in that table is 3,878 inhabitants in 1969.

Facts
Population
31,350 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
1941 2
Latitude
1.09667 degrees north 2
Longitude
36.69806 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Kenya: Cities, Towns and Urban Centers (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Table row, population of the 2019-08-24 census
    RV 3,878... 8,962 16,281 15,213 31,350
  • Table row, census date 2019-08-24
    RV 3,878... 8,962 16,281 15,213 31,350
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2. GeoNames: Maralal
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 31,350
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Africa/Nairobi
  • GeoNames page, SRTM3 elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1941 m
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates 1.09667, 36.69806
  • SRTM3 elevation
    SRTM3 1941 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. Maralal (Wikipedia)
Lead, location
Quote, Lead, location
Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within Samburu County.
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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 Aw
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