Karuri

Karuri is a town in Kiambu County, Kenya, whose town council borders the city of Nairobi to the south for about 20 kilometres, Kikuyu to the west, Limuru to the north and Kiambu to the east. The council covers 46 square kilometres and had a population of 194,342 at the 2019 census. The town began as a meeting centre in the pre-colonial era where Kikuyu paramount chiefs gathered for deliberations, and it takes its name from the chief Karuri wa Gakure. It was made an urban council in 1988, became a township in 1997, and serves as the divisional headquarters for Kiambaa division. Its closeness to Nairobi and cheaper accommodation have made it a commuter settlement often called a dormitory of the capital, set at 1,500 to 1,800 metres in a coffee-growing zone.