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 [1] .
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.
Local authorities (councils)
Authority
Type
Population*
Urban pop.*
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: [2]
Administrative divisions
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: [3] , [4] ,
The district had four constituencies:
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