Kitengela
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Kitengela is a municipality in the Kajiado County of Kenya, located south of the capital Nairobi, forming part of the greater Metropolitan Area. Kitengela began as The Kitengela group ranch, made up of and 214 registered members which was subdivided in 1988 in efforts by the Government to encourage private land ownership in pastoral systems. This had the aim of intensifying and commercializing livestock production. After subdivision of the group ranch, land fragmentation and sales have continued at a steady and escalating pace. The human population within the Kitengela area has more than doubl
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kitengela
- Settlement.nicknames
- "Kite," Dusty South, Dustbowl County (DC), Triple K (Kitengela, Kajiado, Kenya)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kitengela.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kitengela
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kenya
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kenya
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kajiado County
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009
- Settlement.population_total
- 154,436
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
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