Meru

E318870
human settlement town

Meru is a town in eastern Kenya that serves as a commercial and administrative hub for the surrounding agricultural region near Mount Kenya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meru canonical 5
Meru (Kimeru) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate temperate highland climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 0.047°N 37.655°E ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1500 metres ⓘ
about 4920 feet ⓘ
ethnicGroup Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Meru Municipal Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution secondary schools ⓘ
technical and vocational colleges ⓘ
hasInfrastructure electricity grid ⓘ
mobile telecommunications networks ⓘ
tarmac roads ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Mount Kenya National Park ⓘ
Nyambene Hills Forests ⓘ
isAdministrativeCentreFor Meru County ⓘ
isCommercialHubFor surrounding agricultural region ⓘ
isMarketCenterFor coffee-growing areas ⓘ
miraa (khat) producing areas ⓘ
tea-growing areas ⓘ
isRegionalCapitalOf Meru County ⓘ
isTransportNodeFor northern Kenya corridor via Isiolo ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Kimeru ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Kiswahili
locatedIn Eastern Province of Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Kenya
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Meru County ⓘ
locatedNear Mount Kenya ⓘ
locatedOn northeastern slopes of Mount Kenya ⓘ
populationEstimate over 200000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode 60200 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agricultural trade ⓘ
retail commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
region Eastern Province of Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Province (former) of Kenya
religion Christianity (majority) ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
roadConnection Embu ⓘ
Isiolo ⓘ
Nairobi ⓘ
Nanyuki ⓘ
servedBy Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital ⓘ
Meru University of Science and Technology (nearby) ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Mount Kenya → nearCity → Meru ⓘ
East African languages → includesLanguage → Meru ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meru (Kimeru)
Gĩkũyũ → neighboringEthnicGroups → Meru ⓘ
Embu → locatedNear → Meru ⓘ
Embu → roadConnection → Meru ⓘ
Bob Eisenhardt → edited → Meru ⓘ