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Kitale is a town in the north west of Kenya, within the county of Trans Nzoia which was formerly in the former Rift Valley province prior to the creation of the 2010 constitution. The town lies between Mount Elgon and the Cherang'any Hills. It has an elevation of around . Its population was as of 2019. It is the location of Kitale Airport.

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Place details

Locality
Matisi ward
Region
Trans Nzoia
Country
Kenya
Population
162,174
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi

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Air quality

59US AQIModerate
PM2.5
10.2 µg/m³
PM10
10.4 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Kitale
Settlement.nickname
KTL
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_caption
Downtown Kitale
Settlement.pushpin_map
Kenya
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Kenya
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
County
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Trans-Nzoia County
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2019
Settlement.timezone
EAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+3
Settlement.elevation_m
1900
Settlement.postal_code
30200

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Country
Kenya
Population
162169
Elevation
1897
Image
DSC00673 Kitale downtown 2019.jpg
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postal code
30200
Commons category
Kitale
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Places of Interest
  • Neighborhoods
  • Climate
  • References

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name =Kitale |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = KTL |settlement_type = Municipality |motto =

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kitale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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