Thika District

Thika District

Thika District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Thika. The district is adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district has a population of 645.713 [http://www.cck.go.ke/html/final_annex1_cover_status.pdf] .

The district is predominantly rural, but its urban population is soaring as Nairobi is growing rapidly. Kikuyu are the dominant tribe in the district.

The district has four constituencies:
*Gatanga Constituency (consists of Gatanga and Kakuzi divisions)
*Gatundu South Constituency
*Gatundu North Constituency
*Juja Constituency

External links

* [http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/download.asp?filename=1985_06_Impact_HIVAIDS_landrights.pdf Research findings – Thika District]
* [http://www.gatanga.com Gatanga Constituency]


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