Karatina

Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya which hosts a municipal council and serves as the headquarters of Mathira East district. Karatina municipality has a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban (1999 census^[1]). It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council.^[2]

^ Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: the town sits on land whose owner before the colonial period was Maina "kicuma" Wamwirua. Population of local authorities^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Kenya National Bureau of Statistics: the town sits on land whose owner before the colonial period was Maina "kicuma" Wamwirua. Population of local authorities^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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