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Karatina
Sign in to saveKaratina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty. Karatina municipality had a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban in the 1999 census It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council.
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- Locality
- Karatina town ward
- Region
- Nyeri
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 23,552
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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- human settlement
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Central Province
- Population
- 23552
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- Karatina.jpg
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Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East subcounty. Karatina municipality had a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban in the 1999 census It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council.
==Geography== Karatina is on the Nairobi – Nyeri highway, 25 kilometres southeast of Nyeri town and south of Mount Kenya. It is at an elevation of .
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