Kirinyaga District was an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its administrative centre is Kerugoya.[1] As of 1999, the district had a population of 457,105 and an area of 1,478 km².[2]
Kirinyaga District was historically part of Embu District until prior to independence when the colonial government made it its own district.[3] In 2013, Kirinyaga District effectively disappeared and Kirinyaga County was effected as per the constitution of Kenya.