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Rumuruti
Location of Rumuruti
Coordinates: 0°15′36″N36°32′11″E / 0.25996°N 36.53633°E / 0.25996; 36.53633
Country Kenya
County Laikipia County
Elevation
1,828 m (5,997 ft)
Population
  City31,649
   Urban
4,249
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Rumuruti is a town in Laikipia County in Kenya's former Rift Valley Province. It is approximately 40 kilometers due north of Nyahururu, on the Nyahururu-Maralal road (A4). Despite being smaller than either Nanyuki or Nyahururu, which are on the Southeastern and Southwestern corners of Laikipia respectively, its central location meant that it was selected as the administrative headquarters of the new County government in 2013. In 2013 a local business launched a plan to build a 200 million Kenya shilling meat processing facility in the town. [1]

Scenes from the Hollywood film King Solomon's Mines were shot in the town. . [2]

Economy

The town's residents are livestock keepers, with approximately 500 cattle, 1,200 sheep, and goats, and are sold at the town's weekly livestock auction. [3]

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References

  1. http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2013/11/rumuruti-meat-firm-in-sh200m-expansion-project/, Rumuruti meat firm in Sh200m expansion project retrieved 09-12-2013
  2. "King Solomon's Mines (1950): Notes". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2013/11/rumuruti-meat-firm-in-sh200m-expansion-project/, Rumuruti meat firm in Sh200m expansion project retrieved 09-12-2013