Simple research on murang'a county. Each section was conducted separately by different people and their names are indicated in front of each section. MURANG’A COUNTY INTRODUCTION Murang’a County is one of the counties of Kenya’s former central province. Its largest town is Murang’a, its capital which was formerly known as Fort Hall in colonial times. It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of Kikuyu. The county has a population of 942,581(2009 census). It is vastly rich in biodiversity due to its favorable climate among other things. 1. ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS- By Dorine A Odhiambo a. Soils- Murang’a County has rich volcanic soils emanating from volcanic activities. The rich volcanic soils is a very fertile farming soil thus Murang’a is famously known for the growing of maize,beans, sweet potatoes, arrow roots, pumpkin, bananas a
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