Kandara

Kandara is a town in Maragua District, Central Province in Kenya. Kandara is located 10 kilometres south of Kigumo and 30 kilometres north of Thika. Kandara hosts a town council with a population of 28,840 (1999 census [Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: [http://www.forestry.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf "Population of local authorities"] ] ).

Kandara town counci has four civic wards: Gakui/Karimamwaro, Gathugu/Ruchu/Gakarara, Gatundu/Kiiri/Kandara and Kaguthi/Githuya. All of them are part of the Kandara Constituency [Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency"] ] .

Kandara is the headquarters of "Kandara division", an administrative division in Maragua district. Kandara division has a population of 157,454 (1999 census [Communications Commission of Kenya: [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf Status of Coverage of Communications Services] ] ). Kandara division has the following locations: Gaichanjiru, Ithiru, Kagunduini, Muruka and Ruchu [Central Bureau of Statistics (Kenya): [http://www.worldbank.org/research/povertymaps/kenya/volume_index.htm Geographic Dimensions of Well-Being in Kenya] ] .

References

* [http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp?Feature__Unique_Feature_ID=-2248253&Diacritics=Yes&reload=1 Kandara at the GeoNet names server]