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Touring Thigio in Kenya

Thigio in the region of Central is a city located in Kenya - some 16 mi or ( 26 km ) West of Nairobi , the country's capital city .

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Time in Thigio is now 06:25 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Nairobi " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mwanza, Musoma, Moshi, Arusha, and Thigio. Being here already, consider visiting Mwanza . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Thigio ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Kenya National Anthem

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Kenyan farmers attending a Care of Creation agriculture workshop sing their national anthem--at Brackenhurst Conference Center in Limuru, Kenya, Africa, about 45 minutes NW of Nairobi, along the great ..

Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Kenya

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Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Kenya out of africa www.lofty-tours.com ..


Driving in the clouds along the Nairobi Road

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Heading north on highway A104 (the Nairobi Road) between Nairobi and Naivasha. ..

Immersion Programme 2011

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This video gives an overview of the St. Fintan's CBS Immersion Programme trip to Kenya in October 2011. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kikuyu, Kenya

Kikuyu is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. The town is located 20 km northwest of central Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in the Kiambu District. It is about 20 minutes from Nairobi via a number of routes, including a dual carriage road, and it has a railway station on the Uganda Railway. Transport to the capital and other places is available in form of matatus, minibuses and trains.

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Located at -1.25 36.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Kiambu District, Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)

Alliance Girls High School

Alliance Girls' High School is a national girls' boarding school located near the small town of Kikuyu in the Kiambu District of the Central Province of Kenya, 20 km from Nairobi. It is within walking distance from its brother school Alliance High School.

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Located at -1.27 36.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Education in Central Province (Kenya), Education in Nairobi, Schools in Kenya

Limuru

Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It is also the name of a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division. The population as of 2004 was about 4,800. 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. Limuru residents rely mostly on farming and a shoe factory for employment.

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Located at -1.10 36.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Kiambu District, Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)

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. Kabete and its environs is inhabited mostly by Kikuyu people. Kabete location has a total population of 29308. A study in 2005 revealed that Kabete constituency has the lowest poverty rate in Kenya http://www. ilri.

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Located at -1.27 36.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Kiambu District, Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)

Dagoretti High School

Dagoretti High School is a high school in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi county, Kenya. It is 16 Kilometres from Nairobi City centre along the Nairobi-Kikuyu Road. It is a Provincial School. The School has five streams (as from 2008) E, W, N, S, A..... i.e. Form 1 w,Form 1 E...e.t. c It is a boarding school with a student population of roughly 900. est 1962 by Nihat Ahmed the Somali Emparor

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Located at -1.28 36.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Schools in Kenya

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