- Meru County
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Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, and one of the two predominantly Meru counties, the other being Tharaka-Nithi. Meru County is located in the geographical center of Kenya in what was formerly the Eastern Province. It is composed of what was formerly known as Meru Central District and Meru North District.
Meru County is the home of the Imenti, Tigania and Igembe sub-tribes of the Ameru (Meru) tribe, which is 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 lived in the Mt. Kenya area for many years, well before Kenya's colonization by Great Britain in the 19th Century. The people of Meru County are now predominantly Christian: Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and other denominations, reflecting the work of missionaries. Meru County is also home to minorities of Indian descent, who are mainly Hindus, and African/Arab descent, who are Muslims. Meru County is also home to some Europeans, predominantly British in ancestry.
The proposed county headquarters is in Meru. The County has seven constituencies: South Imenti, Central Imenti, North Imenti, Igembe South Constituency, Igembe North Constituency, Tigania East Constituency, Tigania West Constituency and the proposed Buuri Constituency.
Local authorities (councils)[1] Authority Type Population in 1999 census Urban pop. in 1999 census Meru Municipality 42,677 42,677 Maua Municipality 40,820 9,763 Nyambene County 563,230 2,139 Meru County County 456,203 10,589 Total - 1,102,930 63,900 Administrative divisions[2][3] Division Population in 1999 census Urban pop. in 1999 census Headquarters Abogeta 56,575 0 Kanyakine Abothuguchi Central 29,673 0 Gatimbi Abothuguchi East 37,020 0 Abothuguchi West 59,823 0 Katheri Buuri 40,517 0 Ruiri 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 Nkubu Timau 49,118 1,338 Timau Akithi 43,096 0 Igembe Central 41,944 8,739 Maua Igembe East 28,575 0 Igembe North 58,046 0 Igembe South 18,209 0 Igembe S/East 18,700 0 Igembe S/West 21,791 0 Laare 65,428 1,895 Lare Mutuati 56,751 0 Mutuati Ndoleli 54,730 0 Tigania Central 45,061 0 Tigania East 30,944 0 Tigania North 49,098 0 Tigania West (Kianjai) 32,266 0 Uringu 39,003 0 Total 1,102,930 59,344 - External links
Coordinates: 0°3′N 37°38′E / 0.05°N 37.633°E
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- Counties of Kenya
- Eastern Province, Kenya geography stubs
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