- Meru Central District
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Meru Central District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru North District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District.
Meru Central District is the home of the Ameru (Meru) tribe, which is sometimes described as being related to other tribes living around the Mount Kenya region: the Kikuyu and the Embu people. The Ameru are generally called "Bantu" people who have been native to the Mt. Kenya area for many, many years — well before colonization of Kenya by Great Britain in the 19th Century. The people of Meru Central District are now predominantly Christian — Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and other denominations, reflecting the work of missionaries — with also minorities of Indian descent, who are mainly Hindus, and African/Arab descent, who are Muslims. Meru Central also has some resident Europeans predominantly British in ancestry.
The district headquarters is in Meru. The district has three constituencies: South Imenti, Central Imenti and North Imenti.
Local authorities (councils)[1] Authority Type Population in 1999 census Urban pop. in 1999 census Meru Municipality 42,677 42,677 Meru County County 456,203 10,589 Total - 498,880 53,266 Administrative divisions[2][3] Division Population in 1999 census Urban pop. in 1999 census Headquarters Abogeta 56,575 0 Abothuguchi Central 29,673 0 Abothuguchi East 37,020 0 Abothuguchi West 59,823 0 Buuri 40,517 0 Igoji 45,173 0 Igoji Miriga Mieru East 56,958 2,961 Miriga Mieru West 69,469 36,360 Meru Nkuene 54,554 8,051 Timau 49,118 1,338 Timau Total 498,880 48,710 - External links
Coordinates: 0°3′N 37°38′E / 0.05°N 37.633°E
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