Meru County

Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in the Northern Mount Kenya region. It borders to the north, to the South, to the southwest and to the west.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Meru Museum.

Museum
The is a located in , . Its exhibits focus on the cultural history and practices of the Meru people.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meru and Kaaga.

is in the region of . It is located on the north-eastern slopes of massif. The town consists of two main parts: central , and junction town, which grew in the north, around the junction of B6 and the road to Maua.

Village
The Eastern Province of was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya. Its northern boundary ran along with that of ; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lay to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, ran along its western border.

Meru County

Latitude
0.05° or 0° 3′ north
Longitude
37.6333° or 37° 38′ east
Population
1,550,000
Elevation
1,733 metres (5,686 feet)
Open location code
6GGV2JXM+X8
Geo­Names ID
8693009
Wiki­data ID
Q15045704
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Meru County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Meru
  • Central Kurdish: شارستانی میرو
  • Chinese: Meru Kūn
  • Chinese: 梅魯郡
  • Dutch: Meru County
  • Finnish: Merun piirikunta
  • French: comté de Meru
  • French: Comté de Meru
  • German: Meru County
  • Indonesian: County Meru
  • Italian: contea di Meru
  • Italian: Contea di Meru
  • Japanese: メルー (カウンティ)
  • Japanese: メルー
  • Korean: 메루현
  • Madurese: Kabhupatèn Meru
  • Min Nan Chinese: Meru Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Meru fylke
  • Norwegian: Meru fylke
  • Persian: شهرستان مرو (کنیا)
  • Persian: شهرستان مرو
  • Polish: Meru (hrabstwo)
  • Polish: Meru
  • Russian: Меру
  • Slovenian: Meru County
  • Spanish: Condado de Meru
  • Swahili: Kaunti ya Meru
  • Swedish: Meru
  • Tumbuka: Meru, Kenya
  • Urdu: میرو کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Meru
  • Vietnamese: Meru (hạt)
  • Vietnamese: Meru
  • Welsh: Sir Meru
  • Zulu: Meru County

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kiathungurumu and Meru Forest.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meru County”. Photo: Mehmet Karatay, CC BY-SA 3.0.