Nyeri County

Not to be confused with Nyeri.

Nyeri County
County
Mount Kenya
Location in Kenya
Country	Kenya
Formed	March 4th 2013
Capital	Nyeri
Government
• Governor	Nderitu Gachagwa
Area
• Total	2,361.0 km2 (911.6 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	693,558
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Website	nyeri.go.ke

Nyeri County is located in the central region of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Nyeri. It has a population of 661,156 and an area of 3,356 km².

People

The county is located on the southwest flank of Mount Kenya. Local people are predominantly of the Kikuyu ethnicity.

Local authorities

Authority	Type	Population*	Urban pop.*
Nyeri	Municipality	98,908	46,969
Karatina	Municipality	6,852	6,852
Othaya	Town	21,427	4,108
Nyeri county	County	533,969	10,047
* 1999 census. Source: [1]

Administrative divisions

Division	Population*	Urban pop.*	Headquarters
Kieni east	83,635	2,643	Naro Moru
Kieni west	68,461	5,017	Mweiga
Mathira	150,998	6,275	Karatina
Mukurwe-ini	87,447	1,525	Kiahungu
Nyeri municipality	101,238	40,497	Nyeri
Othaya	88,291	3,846	Othaya
Tetu	80,100	0
* 1999 census. Sources: [2], [3],

Constituencies

The county has six constituencies:

• Tetu Constituency
• Kieni Constituency
• Mathira Constituency
• Othaya Constituency
• Mukurweini Constituency
• Nyeri Town Constituency

Central Kenya Region

Urbanisation

Urbanisation in Central Kenya

County	Urbanisation in Central Kenya (Percent)
Kiambu County	60.8
Nyeri County	24.5
Nyandarua County	18.5
Muranga County	16.3
Kirinyaga County	15.8
Kenya Average	32.3
Urbanisation by County in Central Kenya

Source: OpenDataKenya

Wealth/Poverty Level

Wealth/Poverty Level in Central Kenya

County	Poverty Level in Central Kenya (Percent)
Kirinyaga County	25.2
Muranga County	28.5
Kiambu County	28.9
Nyeri County	32.7
Nyandarua County	46.6
Kenya Average	45.9
Poverty level by County

Source: OpenDataKenya Worldbank

External links

• http://www.aridland.go.ke/bulletins/July%202006-Nyeri.pdf