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Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya, located south of Mount Kenya. Its capital is Kutus and its largest town is Wanguru . [ 2 ] In 2019, the county had a population of 610,411 people [ 1 ] and has an area of 1,478.1 km 2 .
Kirinyaga District was created in 1963 out of the western part of Embu District. [1]In 2007 new districts were created and Kirinyaga District was divided into four new districts: Kirinyaga Central with its administrative centre at Kerugoya; Kirinyaga East with its administrative centre at Kianyaga; Kirinyaga South with its administrative centre at Wanguru; and Kirinyaga West with its ...
Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia is a science fiction novel published in 1998 by Mike Resnick. It is a series of parables about one man's attempt to preserve traditional African culture on a terraformed utopia .
Kirinyaga may refer to: Kirinyaga, by Mike Resnick "Kirinyaga" (short story), a 1988 short story by Mike Resnick; Kirinyaga Central Constituency;
"Kirinyaga" is a science fiction short story by American writer Mike Resnick, published in 1988; it is the first chapter in the book by the same name. The story was the winner of the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story [ 1 ] and the 1989 SF Chronicle Award.
Kirinyaga Central Constituency, formerly known as Kerugoya/Kutus Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Kirinyaga County . The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Kutus, forming part of the Kerugoya/Kutus municipality, is the county headquarters of Kirinyaga. The municipality, which also includes the township of Kerugoya, has a combined population of 39,441, with 14,056 classified as urban (based on the 1999 census [1]).
Kerugoya is the biggest town in Kirinyaga County in terms of area, population, business capacity and amenities. It is associated as an economic hub of the region given the big arable farms held by local farmers: Tea, coffee, macadamia and others food stuff are among the crops grown in the upper area, as the region is most suitable for farming.