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Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km 2 (340 sq mi), it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with 635–762 mm (25.0–30.0 in) in the west of the park and 305–356 mm (12.0–14.0 in) in the east.
Meru town is a jumping-off place for Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves and Lewa Conservancy, all some distance north of Meru, with Samburu and Buffalo Springs via Isiolo, and Meru National Park, to the northeast of Meru, via Maua in the Nyambene Hills.
Bisanadi National Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Isiolo County, Kenya. It is adjacent to Meru National Park. The park is home to the lion, African elephant, cheetah, white rhinoceros, and African buffalo and over 400 species of birds. Visitors to the reserve can boat/fish on the Tana and Rojewero rivers. [1]
The park covers an area of 1,788 square kilometres. It is located 125 kilometres east of Mount Kenya. The park was initially gazetted as a nature reserve in 1973. It was gazetted as a national park in 1989, following the murder of George Adamson by poachers. [2] Meru National Park and the Tana River mark 65 kilometres of the park's northern ...
At that time, Mount Meru was not included in the park's boundaries. In 1967, the park's name was changed to Arusha National Park after the Mount Meru area was added. The name "Arusha" is derived from the Waarusha people who inhabited western portion the region. Following Tanzania's independence, the park was officially established, and the ...
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Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in the former Eastern Province. It borders Isiolo County to the north, Tharaka-Nithi County to the South, Nyeri County to the southwest and Laikipia County to the west. Meru County has a population of 1.35 million people. [5] It is home to the Meru people. [6] The county headquarters are in ...
Meru, Kenya, town in Meru County in the republic of Kenya; Meru County, one of Kenya's 47 counties that was created by the 2009 merger of 3 districts: Meru Central District; Meru North District; Meru South District; Meru National Park, a Kenyan wildlife park; Meru District, a former district of Kenya