External links
- Research findings – Thika District Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Gatanga Constituency Archived 2018-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
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Thika District is a former administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Thika. The district was adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district had a population of 645.713 .
In 2010, the district was absorbed into Kiambu County.
The district was predominantly rural, but its urban population was soaring as Nairobi was growing rapidly. Kikuyu were the dominant tribe in the district.
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| Authority | Type | Population* | Urban pop.* |
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| Thika | Municipality | 88,265 | 82,665 |
| Ruiru | Municipality | 109,349 | 79,741 |
| Thika county | County | 448,099 | 5,968 |
| Total | - | 645,713 | 168,374 |
| * 1999 census. Source: | |||
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| Division | Population* | Urban pop.* | Headquarters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatanga | 103,048 | 0 | ||
| Gatundu | 113,699 | 0 | Gatundu | |
| Kakuzi | 71,622 | 0 | ||
| Kamwangi (Gatundu north) | 99,460 | 0 | Kamwangi | |
| Ruiru (Juja) | 150,710 | 81,709 | Ruiru | |
| Thika municipality | 107,174 | 75,893 | Thika | |
| Total | 645,713 | 157,602 | ||
| * 1999 census. Sources: , , | ||||
The district had four constituencies:
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