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data-file-width="619" data-file-height="341" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Tharaka-Nithi County in Kenya"><img alt="Location of Tharaka-Nithi County in Kenya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg/250px-Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg/375px-Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg/500px-Tharaka-Nithi_County_in_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="945" data-file-height="1039" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Tharaka-Nithi County in Kenya</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tharaka-Nithi_County&params=0_18_S_38_0_E_region:KE-400_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">0°18′S</span> <span class="longitude">38°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">0.300°S 38.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-0.300; 38.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">4 March 2013</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kathwana" title="Kathwana">Kathwana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/County_Governors_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="County Governors of Kenya">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Muthomi_Njuki" title="Muthomi Njuki">Muthomi Njuki</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,609 km<sup>2</sup> (1,007 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2019)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">393,177</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">150/km<sup>2</sup> (390/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">EAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tharakanithi.go.ke/">www<wbr />.tharakanithi<wbr />.go<wbr />.ke</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tharaka-Nithi County</b> is one of the 47 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Kenya" title="Counties of Kenya">counties of Kenya</a>. It was created from <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province_(Kenya)" title="Eastern Province (Kenya)">Eastern Province</a>. The county has an area of 2609 km<sup>2</sup> and as of the 2019 census a population of 393,177.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tharaka-Nithi County is home to the Chuka, Muthambi, Mwimbi and Tharaka subgroups of the <a href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Ameru</a> community. The people of Tharaka-Nithi County are predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholics">Catholics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodists</a> being the predominant religious communities. </p><p>The county consists of three <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="List of constituencies of Kenya">constituencies</a>: <a href="/wiki/Maara_Constituency" title="Maara Constituency">Maara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuka/Igambang%27ombe_Constituency" title="Chuka/Igambang'ombe Constituency">Chuka/Igambang'ombe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tharaka_Constituency" title="Tharaka Constituency">Tharaka</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tharaka-Nithi_County&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, <a href="/wiki/Meru_District,_Kenya" title="Meru District, Kenya">Meru District</a> was broken up into four new districts: Meru Central, <a href="/wiki/Meru_North_District" title="Meru North District">Meru North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meru_South_District" title="Meru South District">Meru South</a> and Tharaka. Subsequently, Meru South, also known as Nithi, combined with Tharaka into the Tharaka-Nithi District. In 1998, the Tharaka-Nithi District was split into two districts, Nithi and Tharaka,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a 2009 <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Kenya)" title="High Court (Kenya)">High Court</a> decision declared that split unconstitutional and re-combined the two.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, under the revised <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Kenya" title="Constitution of Kenya">constitution of 2010</a>, Tharaka-Nithi became a county.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tharaka-Nithi_County&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like other counties surrounding <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a>, the primary economic activity in Tharaka-Nithi County is farming. Crops planted include tea and coffee in the higher areas of the county while sorghum, maize, green grams and millet in the low altitude areas. Dairy farming and fish farming are also practiced in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tharaka-Nithi_County&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Religion in Tharaka-Nithi County<sup id="cite_ref-Census2019_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:100px;">Religion (2019 Census) </th> <th style="width:80px;">Number </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a></td> <td>108,266 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a></td> <td>172,266 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evangelical_churches&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evangelical churches (page does not exist)">Evangelical churches</a></td> <td>70,043 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African-initiated_church" title="African-initiated church">African-instituted churches</a></td> <td>18,749 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orthodoxy" title="Orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</a></td> <td>2,656 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a></td> <td>9.114 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td>724 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">Traditionism</a></td> <td>251 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>4,082 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a></td> <td>4.461 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>615 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Not stated</td> <td>67 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prominent_personalities">Prominent personalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tharaka-Nithi_County&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prominent personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Mate" title="Bernard Mate">Bernard Mate</a>, politician; member of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Kenya" title="Legislative Council of Kenya">Legislative Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Kenya" title="Parliament of Kenya">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthomi_Njuki" title="Muthomi Njuki">Muthomi Njuki</a>, governor of Tharaka-Nithi County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kithure_Kindiki" title="Kithure Kindiki">Kithure Kindiki</a>, politician; Senator, and Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Administration of National Government</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mzalendo_Kibunjia" title="Mzalendo Kibunjia">Mzalendo Kibunjia</a>, archaeologist and museum director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ngugi" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ngugi">James Ngugi</a>, entrepreneur and economist</li> <li>Erastus Njoka, politician and former and founding vice chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Chuka_University" title="Chuka University">Chuka University</a>.</li> <li>Peter K. Muriungi, the first and founding vice chancellor of Tharaka University.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tharaka-Nithi_County&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isiolo_County" title="Isiolo County">Isiolo County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embu_County" title="Embu County">Embu County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitui_County" title="Kitui County">Kitui County</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tharaka-Nithi_County&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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<small>(09)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsabit_County" title="Marsabit County">Marsabit</a> <small>(10)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru</a> <small>(12)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migori_County" title="Migori County">Migori</a> <small>(44)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mombasa_County" title="Mombasa County">Mombasa</a> <small>(01)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murang%27a_County" title="Murang'a County">Murang'a</a> <small>(21)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Nairobi County">Nairobi</a> <small>(47)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakuru_County" title="Nakuru County">Nakuru</a> <small>(32)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi</a> <small>(29)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narok_County" title="Narok County">Narok</a> <small>(33)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyamira_County" title="Nyamira County">Nyamira</a> <small>(46)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyandarua_County" title="Nyandarua County">Nyandarua</a> <small>(18)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyeri_County" title="Nyeri County">Nyeri</a> <small>(19)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_County" title="Samburu County">Samburu</a> <small>(25)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siaya_County" title="Siaya County">Siaya</a> <small>(41)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taita-Taveta_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taita-Taveta County">Taita-Taveta</a> <small>(06)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tana_River_County" title="Tana River County">Tana River</a> <small>(04)</small></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tharaka-Nithi</a> <small>(13)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Nzoia_County" title="Trans-Nzoia County">Trans-Nzoia</a> <small>(26)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_County" title="Turkana County">Turkana</a> <small>(23)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu</a> <small>(27)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vihiga_County" title="Vihiga County">Vihiga</a> <small>(38)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wajir_County" title="Wajir County">Wajir</a> <small>(08)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Pokot_County" title="West Pokot County">West Pokot</a> <small>(24)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 0.5em;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Local_authorities_of_Kenya" title="Local authorities of Kenya">Principal cities<br />and towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a></b> <i>(capital)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athi_River_(town)" title="Athi River (town)">Athi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baragoi" title="Baragoi">Baragoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomet" title="Bomet">Bomet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bungoma" title="Bungoma">Bungoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busia,_Kenya" title="Busia, Kenya">Busia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuka,_Kenya" title="Chuka, Kenya">Chuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldoret" title="Eldoret">Eldoret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embu,_Kenya" title="Embu, Kenya">Embu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garissa" title="Garissa">Garissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hola,_Kenya" title="Hola, Kenya">Hola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_Bay" title="Homa Bay">Homa Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiolo" title="Isiolo">Isiolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iten" title="Iten">Iten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabarnet" title="Kabarnet">Kabarnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajiado" title="Kajiado">Kajiado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakamega" title="Kakamega">Kakamega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapsabet" title="Kapsabet">Kapsabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangundo" title="Kangundo">Kangundo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tala,_Kenya" title="Tala, Kenya">Tala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapenguria" 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title="Lokichogio">Lokichogio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loiyangalani" title="Loiyangalani">Loiyangalani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamu" title="Lamu">Lamu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machakos" title="Machakos">Machakos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makindu" title="Makindu">Makindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malindi" title="Malindi">Malindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandera" title="Mandera">Mandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maralal" title="Maralal">Maralal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsabit" title="Marsabit">Marsabit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masii" class="mw-redirect" title="Masii">Masii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meru,_Kenya" title="Meru, Kenya">Meru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyale" title="Moyale">Moyale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mtito_Andei" title="Mtito Andei">Mtito Andei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumias" title="Mumias">Mumias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murang%27a" title="Murang'a">Murang'a</a></li> 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