Nyeri County

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Nyeri County is a highland region in central Kenya known for its fertile agricultural land, scenic views of Mount Kenya, and as the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai.

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Label Occurrences
Nyeri County canonical 22
Nyeri County Government 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county in Kenya ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType county ⓘ
agriculturalProduct coffee ⓘ
horticultural produce ⓘ
maize ⓘ
milk ⓘ
tea ⓘ
borders Embu County ⓘ
Kirinyaga County ⓘ
Laikipia County ⓘ
Murang’a County ⓘ
Nyandarua County ⓘ
capital Nyeri ⓘ
climate cool and wet highland climate ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
establishedAsCountyUnder 2010 Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroupMajority Kikuyu people ⓘ
governanceType devolved county government ⓘ
hasFeature fertile agricultural land ⓘ
scenic views of Mount Kenya ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity coffee farming ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
tea farming ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Wangari Maathai ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Aberdare National Park ⓘ
Mount Kenya National Park (part) ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Aberdare Range ⓘ
views of Mount Kenya ⓘ
wildlife tourism ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter Karatina ⓘ
Mukurwe-ini ⓘ
Naro Moru ⓘ
Nyeri ⓘ
Othaya ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf Wangari Maathai ⓘ
locatedIn Central Kenya ⓘ
namedAfter Nyeri town ⓘ
near Mount Kenya ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
partOf former Central Province of Kenya ⓘ
regionType highland region ⓘ
subdivisionOf Republic of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +3 ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wangari Maathai → placeOfBirth → Nyeri County ⓘ
Central Province, Kenya → replacedBy → Nyeri County ⓘ
Naro Moru route → locatedIn → Nyeri County ⓘ
Nyeri, Kenya → capitalOf → Nyeri County ⓘ
Nyeri → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Nyeri County ⓘ
Nyeri → governingBody → Nyeri County Government ⓘ
linked to: Nyeri County
Aberdare Range → adminRegion → Nyeri County ⓘ
Nyeri District (former) → replacedBy → Nyeri County ⓘ
Murang'a County → borderedBy → Nyeri County ⓘ
Kirinyaga County → borders → Nyeri County ⓘ
Nyandarua County → borders → Nyeri County ⓘ
Murang’a County → borders → Nyeri County ⓘ
Kĩrĩnyaga → borders → Nyeri County ⓘ
Meru County → borders → Nyeri County ⓘ
Naro Moru Gate → locatedIn → Nyeri County ⓘ