Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kerugoya and its largest town is Wanguru. The county is bordered to the east and south by Embu County, to the south by a tiny part of Machakos County, to the southwest by Murang’a County and to the northwest by Nyeri County. It has four administrative sub-counties: Mwea, Gichugu, Ndia, and Kirinyaga Central. According to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census the population is 610,411 with a population density of 502/km2.

