Place:Central, Kenya

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NameCentral
Alt namesCentralsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates0.75°S 37.0°E
Located inKenya
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Kabete
Kiambu
Kijabe
Limuru
Murang'a
Nyeri
Ruiru
Thika
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The Central Province was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya (see maps). The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census. The provincial headquarters was Nyeri.

Central Province was the ancestral home of the Gikuyu people.

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History

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The province is inhabited by the Kikuyu speaking community almost exclusively. They are part of the Kenya Eastern Bantu.

During Kenya's colonization by the British, much of the province was regarded as part of the 'White Highlands', for the exclusive use of the European community. Therefore, it saw political activity from the local communities who felt that they had an ancestral right to the land. This tension culminated in the 1950s with the Mau Mau rebellion; it saw the region placed under a state of emergency and the arrest of many prominent political leaders.

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