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Place details
- Locality
- Embu
- Region
- Embu
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 64,979
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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Travel guide
Understand
Embu is one of the major trading centers in Eastern Kenya.
Get in
Many buses & minivans from: Nairobi (3 hours) Meru (2 hours) Nyeri (2 hours)
Sleep
Eden Guesthouse, next to much bigger Baraka Guesthouse. Easy to miss the small door and the sign. Inside there are single rooms with common showers and toilets. Everything is clean and there is hot water, however, the rooms lack electrical sockets. The staff is very friendly and speaks English. Singles w/o bathroom Ksh 1000 (October 2018). Yoeligen Guest House off Embu-Meru Highway. Single/double rooms with own bathroom, mosquito net, TV. Flakey WiFi. From Ksh1200. (Updated Sep 2021)
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Embu is the largest town in Embu County, Kenya, with a population of 64,979. It is the 36th largest urban center in Kenya and the 11th largest in the Mount Kenya region. It is located approximately 125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya. A major economic hub in the Mount Kenya region, Embu served as the provincial capital of the former Eastern Province and currently serves as the headquarters of Embu County in Kenya. It provides a place for trade, tourism and highway transit between the Nairobi and the Northern Frontier.
History