Rumuruti

Rumuruti is a town in Laikipia County in Kenya's former Rift Valley Province. It is approximately 40 kilometers due north of Nyahururu, on the Nyahururu-Maralal road (A4). Despite being smaller than either Nanyuki or Nyahururu, which are on the Southeastern and Southwestern corners of Laikipia respectively, its central location meant that it was selected as the administrative headquarters of the new Laikipia County government in 2013. In 2013 a local business launched a plan to build a KES200 million meat processing facility in the town.

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Place details

Locality: Rumuruti
Region: Laikipia
Country: Kenya
Population: 13,056
Timezone: Africa/Nairobi

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Rumuruti
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kenya
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Rumuruti
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name: Kenya
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Laikipia County
Settlement.established_title: Rumuruti Municipality
Settlement.population_urban: 4,249
Settlement.population_total: 31,649
Settlement.timezone: EAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.elevation_m: 1828

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6518
Elevation: 1828

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Scenes from the Hollywood film King Solomon's Mines were shot in the town.

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