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Sagana
Sign in to saveSagana is a small industrial town in Kirinyaga District, Kenya. It is along the Nairobi-Nyeri highway, approximately 100 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The town is named after Kenya's longest river, the Sagana River, also known as Thagana. The town also inspired the rhumba song "Afro Mtoto wa Sagana". The town and its surrounding areas are experiencing growth in the hospitality industry, particularly along the banks of River Sagana, where cottages, water sports, and other tourist attractions are being established.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in KE, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 29 inbound references to Sagana, and connects out to Kenya, Nairobi and time zone.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Central Province (Kenya).
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Region
- Murang`a
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 13,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Kenya
- Located in
- Central Province
- Area
- 37
- Elevation
- 2161
- Dialing code
- 060
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- inception
- 1920-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Temperatures
- Topography
- History
- See also
- References
Sagana is a small industrial town in Kirinyaga District, Kenya. It is along the Nairobi-Nyeri highway, approximately 100 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The town is named after Kenya's longest river, the Sagana River, also known as Thagana. The town also inspired the rhumba song "Afro Mtoto wa Sagana". The town and its surrounding areas are experiencing growth in the hospitality industry, particularly along the banks of River Sagana, where cottages, water sports, and other tourist attractions are being established.
== Climate ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sagana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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