Kirinyaga County

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Kirinyaga County is an administrative region in central Kenya known for its fertile agricultural land on the slopes of Mount Kenya and its production of tea, coffee, and horticultural crops.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kirinyaga County canonical 10
County Government of Kirinyaga 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf County in Kenya
administrativeLevel second-level administrative division of Kenya
agriculturalProduct beans
maize
rice
vegetables
borders Embu County
Murang’a County
Nyeri County
capital Kerugoya
country Kenya
countyNumber 20
establishedBy 2010 Constitution of Kenya
governedBy County Government of Kirinyaga
linked to: Kirinyaga County
hasAssembly Kirinyaga County Assembly
hasClimate tropical highland climate
hasConstituency Gichugu Constituency
Kirinyaga Central Constituency
Mwea Constituency
Ndia Constituency
hasGovernorTitle Governor of Kirinyaga County
hasIrrigationScheme Mwea Irrigation Scheme
hasMotto The County of Choice
hasTouristAttraction Mount Kenya National Park (access routes)
hasUrbanCentre Kerugoya
Kutus
Mwea
Sagana
knownFor fertile agricultural land
languageSpoken English
Kikuyu
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
locatedIn Central Kenya
locatedOnSlopesOf Mount Kenya
mainRiver Tana River
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
namedAfter Mount Kenya (Kirinyaga)
linked to: Mount Kenya
partOf former Central Province of Kenya
produces coffee
horticultural crops
tea
region Mount Kenya region
timeZone East Africa Time
utcOffset +3

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Province, Kenya replacedBy Kirinyaga County
Martha Karua placeOfBirth Kirinyaga County
Embu people primaryResidence Kirinyaga County
Nyeri County borders Kirinyaga County
Murang'a County borderedBy Kirinyaga County
Kirinyaga County governedBy County Government of Kirinyaga
linked to: Kirinyaga County
Murang’a County borders Kirinyaga County
Meru County borders Kirinyaga County
Embu County borderedBy Kirinyaga County