Marimanti

Marimanti
Tharaka
market town
Marimanti is located in Kenya
Marimanti
Marimanti
Location of Marimanti
Coordinates: 00°09′16″S 37°58′34″E / 0.15444°S 37.97611°E / -0.15444; 37.97611[1]
Country Kenya
CountyTharaka Nithi County
Sub-countyTharaka South
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Marimanti is a small market town in Tharaka South subcounty, of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya. The town formerly served as the Headquarters of Tharaka District, which was scrapped after the 2010 Constitution which replaced provincial administrative units with counties. River Kathita flows past the town.[1] Its market is the second largest in the county after that in Chuka.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Marimanti". Mindat. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ Njeru, Alex (12 October 2022). "Marimanti town traders stop paying taxes to protest lack of public toilets". Nation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022.