Meru(012)

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Meru(012)

Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, located in the former Eastern Province. The county lies between 0° 6′ North and 0° 1′ South and between latitudes 37° West and 38° East. It borders Isiolo County to the North, Tharaka/Nithi County to the East, Nyeri County to the South West and Laikipia County to the West. It covers a total area of 7,006 Km2 out of which with part of it 972.3Km2 being gazetted as forest.

It has a population of 1.55 million people. Meru County is the home of the Ngaa people (Meru), who are related to other ethnicities living around the Mount Kenya region: the KikuyuEmbu people and to some extent the Kamba people Also, peoples from the east coast of Kenya, along the Indian Ocean, like the BajuniSwahiliMijikenda, and further inland, the TaitaTaveta and westwards to the Lake Victoria coast, the Kisii and Maragoli as well as other Luhya people, are all related to the Meru.

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County No.

County No.
012

County Number
County Map

Square Kilometres
7,003.1

Square Kilometres
County Population

Population
1,545,714

Population

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