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Meru County is one of the Forty seven Counties of Kenya, and one of the two predominantly Meru Counties, the other being Tharaka-Nithi. Meru Country 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 been native to the Mt. Kenya area for many, many years — well before colonization of Kenya 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 — with also minorities of Indian descent, who are mainly Hindus, and African/Arab descent, who are Muslims. Meru County also has some resident 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

• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4

External links

• example.com