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The name "Meru" refers to both the people and the region, which for many years was the only administrative unit. In 1992, "Greater" Meru District was divided into three administrative units: Meru Central, Meru North , and Tharaka-Nithi (Tharaka and Meru South).
The Ngaiawang (Ngayawang) were an Aboriginal Australian people of the western Riverland area of South Australia, with a language considered part of the Lower Murray group. They are now considered extinct. They have sometimes been referred to as part of the Meru people, a larger grouping which could also include the Ngawait and Erawirung peoples.
The Meru Museum is housed in Meru's first District Commissioner's Office, built by E. B. Horne. It preserves the historical and cultural artifacts of the Meru people. [6] It is at Rutundu log cabins 20 Kilometre west of Meru City that Prince William proposed to the Duchess of Cambridge.
This category is for individual people from the Meru ethnic group. Pages in category "Meru people" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The Meru people share the same name and identity with the Meru people of Kenya. The Meru people are said to have arrived to the slopes of the great mountain around 800 years ago coming from the mount Kenya . According to the inhabitants, migration occurred back and forth throughout the region, and the Meru people should be viewed as a part of ...
According to historical records, the Arusha came on the slopes of Mount Arusha when the Meru people had already established around Mount Meru. The Arusha people settled in the valley south of Mount Kilimanjaro and farmed cattle and corn. The Arusha, who lived close to Mount Meru, actively assaulted their neighbors, stealing their herds and ...
Early ethnographers often classified the small Erawirung tribe as one of a collective group named the Meru people. [5] The Erawirung were not mentioned by the nearby Jarildekald when interviewed by Ronald Murray Berndt in the late 1930s – early 1940s. [8]
There are 131,264 men (49%) and 136,880 women (51%) among them. Meru District Council is predicted to have a population of 306,352 in 2017, with 149,968 (49%) males and 156,384 (51%) females. The average household size is projected to be 5 people. According to the Population of 2012, Meru District Council has an annual population growth rate of ...