Kerugoya

Kerugoya

Kerugoya is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Kirinyaga District of Central Province. Kerugoya is located 10 kilometres east of Karatina and 40 kilometres west of Embu.

Kerugoya forms a local authority together with another township, Kutus. It is known as "Kerugoya/Kutus municipality". The municipality has a population of 39,441, of whom 14,056 are classified urban (1999 census [Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: [http://www.forestry.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf "Population of local authorities"] ] ). The municipality has six wards: Kerugoya Central, Kerugoya North, Kerugoya South, Kutus South, Kutus Central and Nduini. Most of these wards belong to Kerugoya/Kutus Constituency [Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency"] ] . Kerugoya is also headquarters of "Central division" of Kirinyaga District.

A famous deaf school Kerugoya School for the Deaf is based in Kerugoya Town.

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