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Karatina
Sign in to saveKaratina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty. Karatina municipality had a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban in the 1999 census It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Karatina is referenced by 29 other articles, and connects out to Kenya, World War II and Nairobi.
Vinony files it under Nyeri County and Populated places in Central Province (Kenya).
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Karatina town ward
- Region
- Nyeri
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 23,552
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Central Province
- Population
- 23552
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- Karatina.jpg
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Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty. Karatina municipality had a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban in the 1999 census It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council.
==Geography== Karatina is on the Nairobi – Nyeri highway, 25 kilometres southeast of Nyeri town and south of Mount Kenya. It is at an elevation of .
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