Meru South District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya

Districts of Kenya

The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into number of districts .- List of districts of Kenya :Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there are 46 legal districts in Kenya :Coast Province:...

, located in that country's Eastern Province

Eastern Province (Kenya)

The Eastern Province of Kenya is one of seven regions of the country. Its northern boundary is with Ethiopia; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lie to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, run along its western border. The provincial...

. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, 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....

, and Tharaka District

Tharaka District

Tharaka District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya located in that country's Eastern Province. The district has an area of 1570 km² and a population of 100,992 , none of them classified as urban...

.

Meru South District is the home of the Ameru

Ameru

The Meru people, or Ameru, are a Bantu ethnic group who mainly inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. They speak Kimîîru language.The Meru people of Kenya should not be mistaken with the Meru of neighboring Tanzania, or Wameru.-Location:...

 (Meru) tribe, which is sometimes described as being related to other tribes living around the Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian , Nelion and Point Lenana . Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, just south of the equator, around north-northeast of the capital Nairobi...

 region: the Kikuyu and the Embu people

Embu people

The Embu inhabit Embu District in Kenya. They speak Embu language. To the south of Embu are to be found their cousins, the Mbeere people, in Mbeere District. Previously, the Embu and Mbeere were in one district, Embu District, and just referred to as the Embu people. To the east, Embu neighbors...

. 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

Great Britain

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 in the 19th Century. The people of Meru South District are now predominantly Christian

Christian

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 — Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and other denominations, reflecting the work of missionaries — with also minorities of India

India

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n descent, who are mainly Hindu

Hindu

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s, and African/Arab descent, who are Muslim

Muslim

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

The district headquarters is in Chuka

Chuka, Kenya

Chuka is a town in Meru South District of Kenya about 70Km South Of Meru Town. It falls within Eastern Province and the people of the area are Kimeru speaking. It is on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya....

. The district has one constituency: Nithi Constituency

Nithi Constituency

Nithi Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is the only constituency in Meru South District. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. It is among the few constituencies in Kenya that have embraced technology. More information on the constituency can be viewed on the...

Local authorities (councils)
Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Chuka Chuka, Kenya Chuka is a town in Meru South District of Kenya about 70Km South Of Meru Town. It falls within Eastern Province and the people of the area are Kimeru speaking. It is on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya....	Municipality	37,714	6,784
Chogoria Chogoria Chogoria is a town located in Mwimbi Division of Meru South District in the Eastern Province of Kenya. It is located roughly 140 Miles from Nairobi. It is connected to the rest of the country by the all-weather, tarmacked Meru-Embu road. The closest town to Chogoria is Chuka, the District...	Town	28,637	2,500
Meru South	County	139,100	0
Total	-	205,451	9,284

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	-

External links

• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4 (.pdf)