The district had two major urban centres: Nanyuki to the southeast, and Nyahururu to the southwest.
[2] The Kikuyu formed about 60% of the population, with the balance composed of several other ethnic communities, including Laikipia Maasai, Samburu, Meru, Borana, Kalenjin, Somali, European, Asian, and Turkana, giving the district a diverse population.
Most of the land is owned by a small population of old Kenyan settler families, and increasingly non-Kenyan wealthy landowners and international organisations.
[3] Economic activity in the district consisted mainly of tourism and agriculture, chiefly grain crops, ranching and greenhouse horticulture.
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