Kirinyaga District (former)

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Kirinyaga District (former) was an administrative district in Kenya’s former Central Province, known for its fertile agricultural land on the slopes of Mount Kenya.

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Label Occurrences
Kirinyaga District (former) canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative district ⓘ
former district of Kenya ⓘ
administrativeSuccessor Kirinyaga County ⓘ
borderedBy Embu District (former) ⓘ
Mbeere District (former) ⓘ
Murang’a District (former) ⓘ
Nyeri District (former) ⓘ
capital Kerugoya ⓘ
Kutus ⓘ
climate highland tropical climate ⓘ
contains Mwea Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dissolvedAsPartOf Kenya’s 2010 constitution implementation ⓘ
dissolvedIn 2010 ⓘ
elevationFeature foothills of Mount Kenya ⓘ
ethnicMajority Kikuyu people ⓘ
governedBy Kirinyaga District Commissioner ⓘ
hasAgriculturalProduct coffee ⓘ
horticultural crops ⓘ
rice ⓘ
tea ⓘ
hasTown Kagio ⓘ
Kerugoya ⓘ
Kianyaga ⓘ
Kutus ⓘ
Mwea ⓘ
Sagana ⓘ
knownFor coffee farming ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
rice cultivation in Mwea Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
tea farming ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Gikuyu ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Central Province (Kenya) (former) ⓘ
locatedOnSlopeOf Mount Kenya ⓘ
namedAfter Kirinyaga (traditional Kikuyu name for Mount Kenya) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Kenya
partOf Central Province (Kenya) (former) ⓘ
region Mount Kenya region ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
reorganizedInto Kirinyaga County ⓘ
subdividedInto divisions ⓘ
locations ⓘ
sublocations ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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

Central Province, Kenya → district → Kirinyaga District (former) ⓘ
Nyeri District (former) → borderedBy → Kirinyaga District (former) ⓘ
Murang'a District (former) → borderedBy → Kirinyaga District (former) ⓘ