Kikuyu is a town in the
Central ProvinceKenya's Central Province covers the area around its capital city, Nyeri, to southwest of Mt. Kenya . It is the ancestral home of, among others, the g.e.m.a. communities...
of
KenyaThe Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean, at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia , Somalia , Tanzania , Uganda plus Lake Victoria , and Sudan . The capital city is Nairobi. Kenya spans an area about 85% the size of France or Texas...
. The town is located 20 km northwest of central
NairobiNairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters"...
, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in the
Kiambu DistrictKiambu District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kiambu. The district is adjacent to the northern border of Nairobi. The district has a population of 744.010 ....
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Kikuyu is a town in the
Central ProvinceKenya's Central Province covers the area around its capital city, Nyeri, to southwest of Mt. Kenya . It is the ancestral home of, among others, the g.e.m.a. communities...
of
KenyaThe Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean, at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia , Somalia , Tanzania , Uganda plus Lake Victoria , and Sudan . The capital city is Nairobi. Kenya spans an area about 85% the size of France or Texas...
. The town is located 20 km northwest of central
NairobiNairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters"...
, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in the
Kiambu DistrictKiambu District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kiambu. The district is adjacent to the northern border of Nairobi. The district has a population of 744.010 ....
.
The town is named after
KĩkũyũThe Kikuyu are Kenya's most populous ethnic group. 'Kikuyu' is the Swahilized form of the proper name and pronunciation of Gĩkũyũ although they refer to themselves as the Agĩkũyũ people....
people, the dominant tribe in the area. The town itself has an urban population of 4100, but the surrounding densely populated rural territory brings the total population to 165,594 (1999 census
http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf).
Kikuyu has a railway station on the
Uganda RailwayThe Uganda Railway is a historical railway system linking the interiors of Uganda and Kenya to the Indian Ocean at Mombasa in Kenya.- Origins :...
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See also
- Kabete
Kabete is a town just outside Nairobi borders in the Central Province of Kenya. Administratively, Kabete is a location in the Kikuyu division of the Kiambu District. Kabete is also name for one of the five constituencies in the Kiambu district....
, a town in the Kikuyu division
- Alliance High School, a school in Kikuyu
- Alliance Girls High School, a school in kikuyu