Kigumo is a village in
Muranga County
Murang'a is a town in Murang'a County of Kenya. It is the administrative headquarters of Murang'a County and is mainly inhabited by the Kikuyu community. Before the Kenyan independence in 1963, the town was known as Fort Hall. Fort Hall was or ...
, Kenya, 15 kilometres west of
Maragua
Maragua is a town in the Muranga County, Kenya. 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 4,2 ...
town and 30 kilometres south of
Othaya
Othaya is a Kenyan town about 120 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital. It had a population of 21,427, of which 4,108 are core urban (1999 census ); the majority of the residents are of the Kikuyu tribe. Othaya is part of the Nyeri County. It h ...
, and 10 kilometers north of the small town of
Kandara. Kigumo village is between two other villages, Karega village at the east and Mariira village at the west.
It was part of Muranga District until 1996, when
Maragua District
Maragua District was a former Districts of Kenya, district of Kenya, located in the defunct Central Province (Kenya), Central Province. Its capital was the town of Maragua. In 1999, Maragua District had a population of 387,969 and an area of . Mara ...
was split from Muranga District. Kigumo was made the headquarters of ''Kigumo division'', which is one of four
administrative divisions
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
of Maragua District. Kigumo division has the following three
locations
In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...
: Kangari, Kigumo and Kinyona. Kigumo is located within Maragua
County Council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
Australia
In the Australian state of New South Wales, county councils are special purpose ...
.
[Electoral Commission of Kenya]
''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency''
Kigumo Division was later made a district with its headquarters at Kigumo town. In 2010, these districts were merged into Muranga County.
Politics
The
Kigumo Constituency is one of three
electoral constituencies in Maragua District.
Economy
The area's main economic activities are: tea and coffee farming and dairy cattle rearing, among others.
Notable people
Kigumo is the birthplace of
John Ngugi
John Ngugi Kamau (born 10 May 1962) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, often called one of the greatest cross country runners of all time and winner of the 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul, South Korea.
Career
Born in Ki ...
.
References
Murang'a County
Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)
{{CentralKE-geo-stub