Photo: Thuku wa Njuguna
Kikuyu is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. The town is located 20 km northwest of central Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in the Kiambu District.
The town is named after Kĩkũyũ people, the dominant tribe in the area. The town itself has an urban population of 4100, but the surrounding densely populated rural territory brings the total population to 165,594 (1999 census [1]).
Kikuyu has a railway station on the Uganda Railway.
See also
- Kabete, a town in the Kikuyu division
- Alliance High School, a school in Kikuyu
- Alliance Girls High School, a school in kikuyu
References
Coordinates: 1°15′S 36°40′E / 1.25°S 36.667°E
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See also
- Kabete, a town in the Kikuyu division
- Alliance High School, a school in Kikuyu
- Alliance Girls High School, a school in kikuyu
- [[Musa Gitau Primary School ] (Kenya)|Musa Gitau Primary school ],a most famous primary school in Kikuyu
- [[Kikuyu eye Unit] (kenya)|Kikuyu eye unit ],a most famous optical & dentistry Hospital
- [[Pcea Church of the torch] kenya)|Pcea Church of the torch],a most famous colonial church
In recent times the population has grown to over 600,000 people
The town connects to Nairobi (Kenya's Capital City) using three routes these are the CODE A104 Road On an average speed of 100Kmph or 62 Mph It takes approximately 20 Minutes from westlands Nairobi to get to Kikuyu through this Dual carriage road. It is also known as Nairobi-Naivasha-Nakuru Highway and also using another route to Dagoretti Road -Dagoretti Corner Onto -Nairobi which is a longer route this because of the many towns it bypasses and unlike the A104 Road its not dual carriage Another route is through the Dagoretti -Karen-Langata-Nairobi Route which is quite fast due to low traffic.
The town has some British colonial history links Like the Right Reverend MusaGitau (kiswahili for Moses GItau) an African believer in Democracy who led among the first christian Faithful during the colonial times .Lived and worked in the town as a reverend and in his honor two schools were named after him.
Due to biodiversity in Kenya there are many diverse tribes in Kikuyu Land rates in the larger Kikuyu area is about $13500 Per Acre Many Institutions have developed in this town, including a major Eye Unit hospital ,A christian university has come up ,Many Primary and Secondary schools have also comeup within the area. However due to its geology and rich soil texture many adherents practice business and farming both in livestock and crop farming.
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