Karatina

Karatina is a town in Nyeri District, Central Province, Kenya. It hosts a municipal council and the headquarters of Mathira administrative division. Karatina municipality has a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban (1999 census [Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf "Population of local authorities"] ] ). Karatina municipality has six electoral wards, all falling in the Mathira constituency. The remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council [Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency"] ] .

Karatina is on the Nairobi - Nyeri highway, 20 kilometres south-east of Nyeri town and south of Mount Kenya. Karatina has an elevation of 1868 metres.Karatina is famous for its fresh fruit and vegetable market which operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with Saturdays being the busiest day.

There are two major hospitals in Karatina, the government funded Karatina General Hospital and Jamii Hospital. In addition, PCEA TumuTumu Hospital [http://www.pointloma.edu/MICS/FacultyStaff/Zack/TumutumuHospital/TumutumuHospitalHistory.htm] is a few miles west of Karatina.

chools

Primary

Kiamwangi Primary School
Kiarithaini Primary School
D.E.B. Primary School
Mathaithi Primary School
Gikumbo Primary school
Kibira

Secondary

Tumu Tumu Girls' High School
Tumutumu School for the Deaf
Karatina Secondary School
Pan African Girls' School
Mathaithi Secondary School
Kirimara Secondary School
Moi University Mount Kenya campus

Future Leaders Academy
Gikumbo Secondary school

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