Maragua is a town in the
Muranga County
Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang'a, formerly referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Giku ...
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. It was previously the capital of the former
Maragua District. The town is located along
Thika–
Sagana road just 10 km south of
Murang'a. In 1999, Maragua town had an urban population of 4,286 and a total population of 27,384.
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Notable people
*Norwegian-Kenyan singer Stella Mwangi was born in Maragua.
*British scientist Ellinor Catherine Cunningham van Someren
Ellinor Catherine Cunningham van Someren (née MacDonald; 4 December 1915 – 1 September 1998) was a Ugandan-born British medical entomologist. She specialised in mosquitoes, identifying at least thirty-three new species while employed by the ...
lived on her family's farm in Maragua.
References
Murang'a County
Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)
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