- Maragua District
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Maragua District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Central Province. Its capital is the town of Maragua. Maragua District has a population of 387,969 (1999 census) and an area of 868 km² [1]. Maragua district was created in September 1996, when it was split from Muranga District.
District subdivisions
Local authorities (councils) Authority Type Population* Urban pop.* Maragua Town 39,697 30,433 Kandara Town 28,840 840 Makuyu Town 53,223 176 Maragua County County 278,522 4,932 Total - 387,969 10,234 * 1999 census. Source: [2] Administrative divisions Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters Kandara 157,454 1,883 Kandara Kigumo 78,678 1,568 Kigumo Makuyu 58,273 1,597 Makuyu Maragua 93,564 3,300 Maragua Total 387,969 8,348 - * 1999 census. Sources: [3], [4], The district has three constituencies:
- Maragua Constituency
- Kandara Constituency
- Kigumo Constituency
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