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  2. Meru, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Overview Landscape in Meru County. The town is located at 0.047035 degrees north and 37.649803 degrees east, on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya.The Kathita River passes adjacent to the town.

  3. 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 ...

  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 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.

  6. Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru Association - Wikipedia

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    The Gikuyu, Embu, Meru Association ( GEMA) is an organisation in Kenya created to presumably advance the social and political needs of the Eastern Kenya Bantu people of Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru who though are closely related linguistically and culturally but don't have common mythologies or history. It was founded in 1971, with an economic arm ...

  7. Meru language - Wikipedia

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    Meru is a Bantu language spoken by the Meru people ( Ameru) who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north. The Meru people are a fairly homogeneous community and all share a common ancestry. They speak the same language, Kimeru, but ...

  8. Wameru - Wikipedia

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    The Meru (Wameru in Swahili), also known as the Va-Rwa (Rwa being the root word), are a Bantu ethnic group native to the slopes of Mount Meru in Arusha Region. The Meru people share the same name with the Meru people of Kenya, but they are completely different ethnic groups each with their own unique history and identity.

  9. Meru Wind Power Station - Wikipedia

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    As part of efforts to diversify the national electricity sources, the government of Kenya plans to construct a 400 megawatt wind power station in Meru County. Kenya Electricity Generating Company, the government-controlled power generator will own and operate the power station. The first phase of this power station with generation capacity of ...