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One night in maua meru county kenya
Maua is a town in Meru County, Kenya. From 1992 to 2009, it was the capital of the now defunct Meru North District (also known as Nyambene district).
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Map of Maua, Kenya
Overview
Maua is located 60 km North of Meru Town on the northwestern slopes of Nyambene Hills and west of Meru National Park. Meru. Maua hosts a municipal council and headquarters Igembe Central, one of 15 administrative divisions in the district. Maua municipality has a population of 40,820, of whom 9,763 are classified as urban [1].
Maua town is the center of the Khat trade in Kenya, and the world. Income from khat exports to Europe were sharply cut when the UK declared the stimulant a class C drug and banned all imports in June, 2014. Unusual for a town its size Maua has a wide mix of ethnicities, with Ameru, Somali, Kikuyu, Luo among the dominant residents.