Meru South District

Meru South District

Meru South 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 North District, and Tharaka District.

Meru South 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 South 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 South also has some resident Europeans predominantly British in ancestry.

The district headquarters is in Chuka. The district has one constituency: Nithi Constituency

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
Chuka Municipality 37,714 6,784
Chogoria Town 28,637 2,500
Meru South County 139,100 0
Total - 205,451 9,284
* 1999 census. Source: [1]
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
Chuka 53,517 6,168 Chuka
Igambang'ombe 23,300 0
Mugumoni 32,715 0
Muthambi 31,539 0
Mwimbi 64,380 1,702 Chogoria
Total 205,451 7,870 -
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

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Coordinates: 0°18′S 37°40′E / 0.3°S 37.667°E / -0.3; 37.667



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