Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative

CHAPTER 2: DISTRICT PROFILE
2.1 Geographical Location, Size and Administrative Units
Meru South is one among Thirteen Districts in Eastern Province. It was curved out of the
larger Meru district in 1992 to create the former Tharaka Nithi District. In 1997 Tharaka
Nithi District was divided into two creating the Tharaka District and Meru South Districts
respectively. It is situated between Longitudes 37 18’37”and 37 28’33”East & Latitude
00 07’23” and 00 26’19”South.
The total area of the District is 1092.9km 2 and this includes 360km 2 of Mt. Kenya forest.
It borders Meru Central to the North, Embu to the South, Tharaka and Mbeere to the
East, Kirinyaga and Nyeri to the West at the peak of Mt. Kenya. See map 1
Administrative Units and Local Authorities
The District is divided into five administrative Divisions namely Chuka, Igamba
Ng’ombe, Magumoni, Muthambi and Mwimbi Divisions. It has a total of 25 locations
and 76 sub locations see map 2.
Map 1: Meru South district map showing divisional/district boundaries.
(Source: Central Bureau of Statistics)
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