Nyeri District (former)
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Nyeri District (former) was an administrative district in Kenya’s former Central Province, known for its fertile highlands, coffee and tea farming, and as the home region of Kenya’s third president, Mwai Kibaki.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative district
ⓘ
former district of Kenya ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kirinyaga District (former)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laikipia District (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Murang'a District (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyandarua District (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Nyeri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Kieni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mathira NERFINISHED ⓘ Mukurweini NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyeri town NERFINISHED ⓘ Othaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 2010s ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSubdivisionOf | Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | cool highland climate ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Baden-Powell grave in Nyeri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Aberdare National Park (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being home region of Mwai Kibaki
ⓘ
coffee farming ⓘ dairy farming ⓘ fertile highlands ⓘ horticulture ⓘ tea farming ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Gikuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Central Province (Kenya) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicFeature | Kenyan highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mount Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
coffee
ⓘ
maize ⓘ tea ⓘ |
| mainEconomicActivity | agriculture ⓘ |
| mainLivestock | dairy cattle ⓘ |
| notableResident | Mwai Kibaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Province (Kenya) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Christianity ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Nyeri County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
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