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Kiambu

Kiambu is a town in Central Province

Central Province (Kenya)

Kenya's Central Province covers the area around Nyeri to southwest of Mt. Kenya . It is the ancestral home of, among others, the g.e.m.a communities....
, Kenya

Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
. It is located at around , in the elevation of about 1,720 m. It has an urban population of 13,814. It is the capital of the Kiambu District

Kiambu District

Kiambu District is an Districts of Kenya in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kiambu. The district is adjacent to the northern border of Nairobi....
, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital city and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai language phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters"....
. Other proximate towns are Ruiru

Ruiru

Ruiru is a town in the Thika District of Kenya?s Central Province, Kenya. Located within three kilometers of Nairobi's city boundary, Ruiru is a dormitory town for the nation's capital, and is connected by both rail and road....
(east of Kiambu), Gatundu

Gatundu

Gatundu is a small town in the Central Province of Kenya. Gatundu is also center of the Gatundu division in Thika District. Gatundu is located 15 kilometres west of Thika and 15 kilometres north of Kiambu....
(NE), Limuru

Limuru

Limuru is a town in central Kenya. Current 2004 population is about 4800.It's the birthplace of famous African writer, Ngugi wa Thiongo.Limuru is a town located on the eastern edge of the Great Rift Valley about 30 miles North-West from Nairobi the capital city of Kenya....
(NW) and Kabete

Kabete

Kabete is a town just outside Nairobi borders in the Central Province of Kenya. Administratively, Kabete is a Locations of Kenya in the Kikuyu, Kenya division of the Kiambu District....
(SW).

The town is surrounded by hilly Kikuyu

Kikuyu

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Kiambu is a town in Central Province

Central Province (Kenya)

Kenya's Central Province covers the area around Nyeri to southwest of Mt. Kenya . It is the ancestral home of, among others, the g.e.m.a communities....
, Kenya

Kenya

Kiambu District

Nairobi

Ruiru

Gatundu

Limuru

Kabete

Kikuyu

The Kikuyu are Kenya's most populous ethnic group. 'Kikuyu' is the anglicised form of the proper name and pronunciation of Gikuyu although they refer to themselves as the Agikuyu people....
farmland although is under urbanisation as Nairobi is growing fast and more people settle in neighbouring towns. Kiambu is seen as a future anchor to the capital city Nairobi which is busting in its seams due to rapid development with limited space for growth.

Apart from central Kiambu, there are villages such as Ndumberi, Riabai, Kihingo, Ngegu and Kangoya among others. The town has an elected council with a Mayor and a fully fledged town council, Town clerk, treasurer among other elected officials. Kiambu is also center of Kiambaa, an administrative division and electoral constituency of Kiambu District.

Kiambu Club, opened in 1916, is one of the oldest golf course

Golf course

A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, Golf course#Fairway and rough, rough and other hazards, and a green with a pin and cup, all designed for the game of golf....
s in Kenya. The club has also other facilities like tennis court

Tennis court

A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match....
s and swimming pool

Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation....
s.

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