12 Facts About Thika

Thika is an industrial town and a major commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres, Northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers.

Thika is home to the Chania Falls, Fourteen Falls on the Athi River and the Thika Falls.

However, under Kenya's new constitution, which recognizes only the 47 districts in existence before 1992 as semi-autonomous counties, Thika town falls under Kiambu County while some residential areas of Thika are in Murang'a county.

Flame Trees of Thika is a book by Elspeth Huxley, later adapted for television by Euston Films for Thames Television.

Thika was used as a memorial burial site for soldiers who fought in World War II.

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Towards the end of the 19th century, Europeans and Asians settled Thika, establishing schools, farms, health-care and businesses in the region.

Thika Town is home to a number of media houses, including radio and TV stations.

Thika is externally serviced by an eight-lane superhighway, a highway to Garissa and the rest of north-east Kenya, a highway to the central highlands and a railway line .

Thika is home or close to three universities, tens of middle-level colleges, hundreds of secondary and primary schools and dozens of financial institutions.

Bidco oil Refineries, headquartered in Thika, is East Africa's leading edible oil, soaps and detergents, margarine and baking powder marketer with more than 30 brands.

Thika Town is home to Kenya's magical and breathtaking Fourteen Falls which is located 65 kilometres northeast of Nairobi off the Thika-Garissa Road.

Thika has a subtropical highland climate with sunshine most of the year and an average annual temperature of 19.