Kiambu County

Kiambu County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, located in the Mount Kenya region. Its capital is the town of Kiambu and its largest town is Thika, although the county executive conducts business from Thika. It is the second most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County and forms part of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. The 2019 census counted 2,417,735 people in 796,241 households, a density of 952 people per square kilometre, and the county is about 40 percent rural and 60 percent urban as Nairobi's growth pushes northwards. It borders Nairobi and Kajiado counties to the south, Machakos to the east, Murang'a to the north and north east, Nyandarua to the north west and Nakuru to the west. The Kikuyu are the dominant community, and the county is divided into 12 constituencies and 60 county assembly wards.