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Rumuruti
Sign in to saveRumuruti is a town in Laikipia County in Kenya's former Rift Valley Province. It is approximately 40 kilometers due north of Nyahururu, on the Nyahururu-Maralal road (A4). Despite being smaller than either Nanyuki or Nyahururu, which are on the Southeastern and Southwestern corners of Laikipia respectively, its central location meant that it was selected as the administrative headquarters of the new Laikipia County government in 2013. In 2013 a local business launched a plan to build a KES200 million meat processing facility in the town.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rumuruti
- Region
- Laikipia
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 13,056
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Rumuruti
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kenya
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Rumuruti
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kenya
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Laikipia County
- Settlement.established_title
- Rumuruti Municipality
- Settlement.population_urban
- 4,249
- Settlement.population_total
- 31,649
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1828
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Laikipia County
- Population
- 6518
- Elevation
- 1828
- Capital of
- Laikipia County
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Economy
- Notable people
- References
Rumuruti is a town in Laikipia County in Kenya's former Rift Valley Province. It is approximately 40 kilometers due north of Nyahururu, on the Nyahururu-Maralal road (A4). Despite being smaller than either Nanyuki or Nyahururu, which are on the Southeastern and Southwestern corners of Laikipia respectively, its central location meant that it was selected as the administrative headquarters of the new Laikipia County government in 2013. In 2013 a local business launched a plan to build a KES200 million meat processing facility in the town.
Scenes from the Hollywood film King Solomon's Mines were shot in the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rumuruti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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