{{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Kangema |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Kenya |mapsize = 200px |map_caption = Location of Kangema |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_type1 = County |subdivision_name = Kenya |subdivision_name1 = Muranga County |established_title = Town council |established_date = 1988 |population_as_of = 12000 |population_urban = |population_metro = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = EAT |utc_offset = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|-0.6856|36.9650|region:KE|display=inline,title}} |elevation_ft = |footnotes = }}
'''Kangema''' is a settlement in Muranga County, Kenya. It is the birthplace of James Mwangi, the Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Equity Group Holdings Limited, the banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent, in excess of 8 million as of 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Success Story of Equity Bank CEO, James Mwangi| url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/kenyaat50/article/2000099368/success-story-of-equity-bank-ceo-james-mwangi?pageNo=1|first=Kenneth| last=Kwama|date=4 December 2013| accessdate=21 October 2014|newspaper=The Standard (Kenya)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Equity Bank of Kenya: Our History|publisher=Equity Bank of Kenya|url=http://www.equitybank.co.ke/index.php/about/our-history|accessdate=21 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020195326/http://www.equitybank.co.ke/index.php/about/our-history|archivedate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
==Location== Kangema is located approximately {{convert|100|km}}, by road, north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and the largest city in that East African country.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kangema&toplace=Nairobi%2C%20Kenya%2C&dt1=ChIJvcCnV9CUKBgRcAawHnAfyuU&dt2=ChIJp0lN2HIRLxgRTJKXslQCz_c| title=Travel Distance Between Kangema And Nairobi With Map|date=|accessdate=24 October 2014| publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref> The coordinates of Kangema are:0°41'08.0"S, 36°57'54.0"E (Latitude:-0.685556; Latitude:36.965000).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B041'08.0%22S+36%C2%B057'54.0%22E/@-0.6855556,36.965,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0| title=Location of Kangema At Google Maps|publisher=Google Maps|date=|accessdate=24 October 2014}}</ref>
==Points of interest== Equity Bank Kenya maintains a branch in Kangema, so does Kenya Commercial Bank and Family Bank. In Kenya's colonial history, Kangema is famed for the colonial District Commissioner (DC) called Whitney Whittaker (Waitina) who cut the tails of indigenous dogs and castrated Kikuyu men in his jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggeArAFw2Bg|title=Kihumo kia ritwa ria muthungu wetagwo " Waitina" Kangema|website=YouTube }}</ref>
==See also== * Wealthy Kenyans * Aberdare Range * Mwangi
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==External links== * [http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/video/watch/2000080736/-police-in-kangema-have-intercepted-seven-sacks-of-bhang-worth-1-million-shillings Police In Kangema have Intercepted Seven Sacks of Bhang Worth 1 Million Shillings]
Category:Murang'a County Category:Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)