Marimanti
Tharaka | |
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Coordinates: 00°09′16″S 37°58′34″E / 0.15444°S 37.97611°E[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Tharaka Nithi County |
Sub-county | Tharaka South |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Marimanti is a small market town in Tharaka South subcounty, of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya. The intermittent stream, Kararu, flows past the town.[1] Its market is the second largest in the county after that in Chuka.[2]
From 1998 to 2009, Marimanti (Tharaka) was the administrative headquarters of Tharaka District.[3]
In 2022, merchants at the Marimanti market organized a tax strike to protest county government failure to maintain toilet facilities at the market.[2]
There is a magistrate court in Marimanti.[4]
Facilities include Marimanti Hospital with a staff of 160.[5]