1°42′21″S 38°3′49″E / 1.70583°S 38.06361°E / -1.70583; 38.06361 Ikanga is a village in Kitui District, Kenya, about 230 km (140 mi) east of Nairobi. It is 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Kitui town along the B7 road between Kitui and Kibwezi. Ikanga forms a ward in the Kitui South Constituency and Kitui County Council. The total population of Ikanga and Kyatune was projected to be 36,185 in 2012.[1]

The parish of Ikanga belongs to the Southern Deanery of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui.[2] The village is also the twin parish of the Parish of the Most Holy Redeemer[3] in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. This parish is also linked to St. Cronan's Boys National School[4] in Bray.

References

  1. "Annual Development Plan FY 2014/15" (PDF). the County Government of Kitui. p. 131. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. "Catholic Diocese of Kitui". Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. "Bray, Ikanga twinning". Catholic Diocese of Kitui. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2016.


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