Kigumo is a village in the Maragua District

Maragua District

Maragua District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Central Province. Its capital is the town of Maragua. Maragua District has a population of 387,969 and an area of 868 km²...

 in the Central Province, Kenya

Kenya

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. It was part of Muranga District

Muranga District

Murang'a is one of the districts of Kenya's Central Province. Its capital town is also now named Murang'a but was called Fort Hall in colonial times . It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Kikuyu, the largest community in Kenya. The district has a population of 942,581...

 until 1996, when Maragua District was split from Muranga District. Kigumo is located 15 kilometres west of Maragua

Maragua

Maragua is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. It is the capital of the Maragua District. The town is located along Thika–Sagana road just 10 km south of Murang'a. Maragua town has an urban population of 4,286 and a total population of 27,384 . Norwegian-Kenyan singer Stella Mwangi was...

 town and 30 kilometres south of Othaya

Othaya

Othaya is a Kenyan town about 150 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital. It has a population of 21,427, of which 4,108 are core urban ; the majority of the residents are of the Kikuyu tribe. Othaya is part of the Nyeri District. It is an agricultural area with coffee and tea as the main cash crops...

. Kandara

Kandara

Kandara is a town in Maragua District, Central Province in Kenya. Kandara is located 10 kilometres south of Kigumo and 30 kilometres north of Thika. Kandara hosts a town council with a population of 28,840 ....

, a small town, is located 10 kilometres south of Kigumo.

Kigumo is the headquarters of Kigumo division, which is one of four administrative divisions

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 of Maragua District. Kigumo division has the following three locations

Locations of Kenya

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: Kangari, Kigumo and Kinyona . Kigumo is located within Maragua County Council

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Kigumo is also name to Kigumo Constituency

Kigumo Constituency

Kigumo Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Maragua District, Central Province. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Wards :...

, one of three electoral constituencies

Constituencies of Kenya

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 located in Maragua District. The current member of parliament is Jamleck Kamau .
The area's main economic activities are; Tea and Coffee farming, Dairy Cattle rearing among others. The people of Kigumo are also engaged in trading especially in Muthithi and Kangari trading centres. Muthithi is the most famous market where the resident meets on Mondays and Thursdays. Kangari market is opened on Thursdays. Other minor towns include Kirere, Mariira
and Ngonda.
Kigumo is the birthplace of John Ngugi

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Kigumo village has a primary school called Kigumo Primary School.
Kigumo village has secondary school called Kigumo Bendera Secondary School. Kigumo village is located between two other villages namely karega village at the east and mariira village at the west.
( There is also another Kigumo near Kiambu or Ruiru. located about 40 km from Nairobi you can take p.s.v. minibuses called(matatu) no 145.