
Chogoria is a town located in Mwimbi Division of
Tharaka-Nithi County
Tharaka-Nithi County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in Kenya's former Eastern Province. The county has an area of 2609 km2 and as of the 2019 census a population of 393,177.
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. It is located roughly 97 miles (about 186 km) from
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city prope ...
. It is connected to the rest of the country by an all-weather, tarmacked road, the Meru-Nairobi highway. The closest town to Chogoria is
Chuka. Other surrounding towns are Igoji, Nkubu, Meru and Embu. The town has an urban population of 28,415 and a rural population of 3,208.
Infrastructure
Chogoria Hospital is a primary healthcare resource for over 350,000 people in the Meru district. It provides maternal and infant care, encompasses a wide network of outpatient clinics, and coordinates youth education programs.
Chogoria is on the widely used hiking trail towards
Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya ( Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is loc ...
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References
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Tharaka-Nithi County
Populated places in Eastern Province (Kenya)