Meru County

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Meru County is an administrative region in eastern Kenya known for its fertile highlands, agricultural production, and proximity to Mount Kenya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meru County canonical 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf County in Kenya ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Republic of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya
administrativeHead Governor of Meru County ⓘ
borders Embu County ⓘ
Isiolo County ⓘ
Kirinyaga County ⓘ
Laikipia County ⓘ
Nyeri County ⓘ
Tharaka County (within Tharaka-Nithi) ⓘ
Tharaka-Nithi County ⓘ
capital Meru ⓘ
category Counties of Kenya ⓘ
climate highland equatorial ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
economicActivity cash crop farming ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Kenya 2010 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Meru people ⓘ
governmentType devolved county government ⓘ
hasExecutive Meru County Executive Committee ⓘ
hasLegislature Meru County Assembly ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 60200 (Meru town) ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Meru National Park (nearby, partly associated) ⓘ
linked to: Meru National Park

Mount Kenya National Park (part) ⓘ
hasUrbanCentre Maua ⓘ
Meru town ⓘ
Mitunguu ⓘ
Nkubu ⓘ
Timau ⓘ
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
fertile highlands ⓘ
language Kimeru ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Kenya ⓘ
linked to: eastern Kenya
locatedOnSlopeOf Mount Kenya ⓘ
majorCrop bananas ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
maize ⓘ
miraa (khat) ⓘ
tea ⓘ
namedAfter Meru people ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
region former Eastern Province of Kenya ⓘ
religion Christianity (majority) ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure A2 highway (Kenol–Isiolo Road) passes nearby/through region ⓘ
linked to: A2 road (Kenya)
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meru → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Meru County ⓘ
Meru → isRegionalCapitalOf → Meru County ⓘ
Meru → isAdministrativeCentreFor → Meru County ⓘ
Meru people → region → Meru County ⓘ
Tana River County → borders → Meru County ⓘ
Imenti dialect → spokenIn → Meru County ⓘ
Meru University of Science and Technology → locatedIn → Meru County ⓘ
Meru University of Science and Technology → regionServed → Meru County ⓘ
Kimeru → hasSpeakerCommunity → Meru County ⓘ