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  2. Meru, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The town of Meru is linked to Nairobi by a tarmac road named B6, from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau. An international airport is situated at Isiolo, 35 Kilometres away, via a new tarmac road through Ruiri.

  3. Meru County - Wikipedia

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    Meru County. /  0.050°N 37.633°E  / 0.050; 37.633. Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. It borders Isiolo County to the north, Tharaka-Nithi County to the South, Nyeri County to the southwest and Laikipia County to the west. The home of the Meru people, [2] Meru County has a population of 1.35 million people.

  4. Meru National Park - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .kws .org /parks /parks _reserves /MENP .html. Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km 2 (340 sq mi), it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with 635–762 mm (25.0–30.0 in) in the west of the park and 305 ...

  5. Meru people - Wikipedia

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    The Meru or Amîîrú (including the Ngaa) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. The region is situated on the fertile lands of the north and eastern slopes of Mount Kenya in the former Eastern Province . The word Meru means 'shining light' in the Meru language. In Kiswahili, the Meru are called Ng'aa, a word meaning ...

  6. Tharaka-Nithi County - Wikipedia

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    UTC+3 ( EAT) Website. www .tharakanithi .go .ke. Tharaka-Nithi County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. It was created from Kenya 's Eastern Province. The county has an area of 2609 km 2 and as of the 2019 census a population of 393,177. [2] Tharaka-Nithi County is home to the Chuka, Muthambi, Mwimbi and Tharaka subgroups of the Ameru community.

  7. Meru Twin Towers - Wikipedia

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    Meru Twin Towers. /  0.04222°N 37.65361°E  / 0.04222; 37.65361. Meru Twin Towers, also Meru Church Towers, or Meru Destiny Towers, is a real estate development, planned in the town of Meru, the county seat of Meru County in the Eastern part of Kenya. The mixed use twin towers are owned by the developers, the Jesus House of Praise ...

  8. Eastern Province (Kenya) - Wikipedia

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    The province was principally inhabited by the Meru, Kamba, Embu, and several pastoralist communities. In 1979, its population was 2.7 million; in 1999, 4,631,779 (according to the 1999 census) and in 2009 the province would have had a population of 5,668,123. In terms of area, it was the second largest province at (140,698.6 km 2) in Kenya.

  9. Nyeri - Wikipedia

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    Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. It is the county headquarters of Nyeri County. The town was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province. [2] Following the dissolution of the former provinces by Kenya's new constitution on 26 August 2010, [3] the city is situated about 150 km north ...