Meru North District

Meru North District

Meru North District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District.

Meru North District is the home of the Ameru (Meru) tribe, which is sometimes described as being 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 North District 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 North also has some resident Europeans predominantly British in ancestry.

In ralation to the use of Qat, otherwise known as 'miraa' Meru is well known for its production and supply to the rest of the country's major towns. because of the rich soils in the area, this plant trives wery well and most of the residents benefit from its sale. Trading in this commodity is a boom, this is particularly seen in the sale of banana leaves by the vendors to miraa traders to cover up the havest from drying.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
Maua Municipality 40,820 9,763
Nyambene County 563,230 2,139
Total - 604,050 11,902
* 1999 census. Source: [1]
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
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 604,050 10,634 -
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

The district headquarters is in Maua. The district has four constituencies:

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Coordinates: 0°10′N 37°45′E / 0.167°N 37.75°E / 0.167; 37.75



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