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Tharaka-Nithi District was one of the districts of Kenya located in that country's Eastern Province from 1992 to 1998. Its former boundaries now corresponds to those of Tharaka-Nithi County.
As of the 2009 census Tharaka-Nithi District had an area of 1570 km² and a population of 365,330 (2009 census)[1]
Tharaka-Nithi District was created in 1992 from the larger Meru District. In 1998, the Tharaka-Nithi District was split into two districts, Nithi (Meru South District) and Tharaka,[2] but a 2009 High Court decision declared that split unconstitutional and re-combined the two.[3]
From 1998 until 2009 the district headquarters for Tharaka District were at Marimanti (Tharaka); it had one local authority, Tharaka district council. and one constituency: Tharaka Constituency. The district was divided into three administrative divisions:
| Administrative divisions | |||
| Division | Population* | Headquarters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Tharaka | 38,914 | Marimanti | |
| North Tharaka | 36,904 | Gatunga | |
| South Tharaka | 25,174 | Chiakariga | |
| Total | 100,992 | - | |
| * 1999 census. Sources: [1], [2], | |||
- ^ Cited with new name, Tharaka-Nithi County, at "Kenya 2009 Population and Housing Census Highlights" (PDF). Kenya National Bureau of Statistic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2010.
- ^ Sheila Aikman, Elaine Unterhalter: (2005) Beyond access: transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education. Oxfam, page 107.
- ^ Nyasato, Robert (5 September 2009). "High Court outlaws 210 districts created by Moi and Kibaki since 1992". The Standard. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.