Tharaka-Nithi District was one of the districts of Kenya located in that country's Eastern Province from 1992 to 1998. Its former boundaries now corresponds to those of Tharaka-Nithi County.
As of the 2009 census Tharaka-Nithi District had an area of 1570 km² and a population of 365,330 (2009 census)Cited with new name, Tharaka-Nithi County, at
Tharaka-Nithi District was created in 1992 from the larger Meru District. In 1998, the Tharaka-Nithi District was split into two districts, Nithi (Meru South District) and Tharaka,Sheila Aikman, Elaine Unterhalter: (2005) Beyond access: transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education. Oxfam, page 107. but a 2009 High Court decision declared that split unconstitutional and re-combined the two.
From 1998 until 2009 the district headquarters for Tharaka District were at Marimanti (Tharaka); it had one local authority, Tharaka district council. and one constituency: Tharaka Constituency. The district was divided into three administrative divisions:
Administrative divisions Division Population*Headquarters Central Tharaka 38,914 Marimanti North Tharaka 36,904 Gatunga South Tharaka 25,174 Chiakariga Total 100,992 -
References
External links Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4 (.pdf)