Ituru
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Ituru | |
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  Ituru Location of Ituru | |
| Coordinates: 1°00′S 36°55′E / 1°S 36.92°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| Province | Central Province |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Ituru is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province. It is in Gatundu South constituency, Kiambu County. Proximate towns are Gatundu (south), Ruiru (south west) and Juja (South east). Other villages neighbouring Ituru includes, Giathi, Gaithece, Gitundu, Itwiku, Muthurumbi, Giathi and Kagumoini.
Ituru belongs to rural highland north of capital Nairobi. Local people are mainly of the Kikuyu people also called the Agikuyu. The settlement also has several people from other ethnic groups in Kenya present in the region for business purposes.
The people in this town are mostly Christians. Only churches are present, including St Stephen Wamukaya Catholic church PCEA Ituru Church AIPCA Muthutumbi church
Economic activities
The main economic activity in Gatundu town is business. Businessmen and businesswomen in this town do their day-to-day activities in various businesses. An open-air market in the town attracts many buyers and sellers from the neighboring villages. There is only one supermarket called Happy Supermarket and several general stores.
The neighboring villages are agricultural productive and therefore feeds the market with agricultural commodities (Silver Chase, 2013).
