Kitengela

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Kitengela

Coordinates-1.47°, 36.96°

Demographic figures from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kitengela is a municipality in the Kajiado County of Kenya, located 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of the capital Nairobi, forming part of the greater Metropolitan Area, Founded by Chief Ole Mutunkei and his son Simeon Sinkeet circa 1940 and named Kitengela, Later as government intervention ensued it was renamed to The Kitengela group ranch, made up of 18,292 hectares and 214 registered members which was subdivided in 1988 in efforts by the Government to encourage private land ownership in pastoral systems. This had the aim of intensifying and commercializing livestock production. After subdivision of the group ranch, land fragmentation and sales have continued at a steady and escalating pace. The human population within the Kitengela area has more than doubled in the last 10 years, from 6,548 in 1989 to 17,347 in 1999 to 58,167 in 2009. There is also a town named Kitengela in the area.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Kajiado

• Pépin
  2840 mi away
• Tinma
  2841.5 mi away
• Rambo
  2844.7 mi away
• Dakoré
  2846.3 mi away
• Koundoula
  2847.8 mi away
• Bouga
  2847.8 mi away
• Goungré
  2849.6 mi away · pop. 1,434
• Sibalo
  2849.6 mi away · pop. 1,082
• Tampouy
  2851.5 mi away
• Kalsaka
  2854 mi away · pop. 3,884
• Baskouda
  2854.1 mi away · pop. 437
• Lantaga
  2858.2 mi away

Browse all places in Kajiado →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Narrow-leaf Cotton Bush

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Seen 2026-05-30

Calabash

Lagenaria siceraria

Seen 2026-05-30

common cocklebur

Xanthium orientale

Seen 2026-05-30

bugweed

Solanum mauritianum

Seen 2026-05-30

whistling thorn

Vachellia drepanolobium

Seen 2026-05-30

camel bush

Trichodesma zeylanicum

Seen 2026-05-30

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Seen 2026-05-30

simple-thorned greenthorn

Balanites aegyptiaca

Seen 2026-05-30

jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Seen 2026-05-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kitengela, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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