Meru is a region of Kenya. It includes several (newly created) districts. Meru takes its name from the Ameru tribe which inhabits the region. The Ameru tribe inhabits the Meru region of Kenya. ...

Meru Town is the principal town of the Meru region.

It is located on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya, about five miles north of the equator, at approximately 5,000 feet altitude, in an area of mixed forest and clearings, small towns, villages, and rural farms. Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya, and the second-highest in Africa (after Mount Kilimanjaro). ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...

The town is accessible by paved road, whether from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau (As of February 2004, the road to Meru via Nanyuki was still fairly rough). Meru District is an excellent jumping-off place for Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves and Lewa Downs, all some distance north of Meru, with Samburu and Buffalo Springs via Isiolo, and Meru National Park, to the northeast of Meru, via Maua in the Nyambeni Hills. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Samburu are an ethnic tribe in Kenya related to the Maasai. ... Isiolo is a town and Catholic diocese in central Kenya. ...

Meru Town is a business, agricultural and educational center for the northeast of Kenya. It has three or four banks and numerous hotels, markets and transportation terminals. Coffee, tea, timber, cattle, dairy products, "french" beans and many other manner of products are produced in Meru District. In addition to numerous primary, secondary and technical schools, there are teacher training colleges and the recently developed Kenya Methodist University at Meru, known as KEMU. The essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of deposits and the extending of credit. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging, usually on a short-term basis. ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... A hot cup of tea A tea bush. ... Timber Timber is a term used to describe wood throughout its processing from the time it is planned for use in industrial products to the time it is used as a structural material or in other industrial product, such as wood pulp for paper production. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called simply cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Kenya Methodist University, often referred to as KEMU, is a four-year, liberal arts university located in Meru, Kenya. ...

It is an important coffee producing area. It is virtually all smallholder-grown, and much of it shade-grown. Its quality rivals that of Nyeri and other areas around Mt. Kenya well-known for their quality coffees. Meru's coffee crops come twice a year, corresponding to the two rainy seasons, which is true of other Kenyan coffees, but the main crop in Meru comes at a somewhat different time than that elsewhere in Kenya, due to different weather patterns on the northeast slopes of Mt. Kenya and the Nyambenis. It is all grown at high-altitudes in the volcanic soils of the district. It is processed by farmer cooperatives which own coffee factories near the farmers. Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... Nyeri is a town and a district in Central Province, Kenya. ...