{{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mwingi | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Mwingi main road.JPG | image_caption = Mwingi Main Road | map_caption = Location of Mwingi | pushpin_map = Kenya | coordinates = {{coord|0|56|S|38|03|E|type:adm2nd_region:KE-300|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Kenya}} | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Kitui County | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_total = 15,970<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Kitui_Dec2011%2034.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221174520/http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Kitui_Dec2011%2034.pdf |archive-date=2013-02-21 }}</ref> | population_as_of = 2009 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 | footnotes = }} '''Mwingi''' is a town in Kitui County in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Kenya. It had an urban population of 15,970 as per the 2009 census.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Kitui_Dec2011%2034.pdf |title = Kenya County Fact Sheets: Kitui |publisher = USAID |access-date = 2013-08-22 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130221174520/http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Kitui_Dec2011%2034.pdf |archive-date = 2013-02-21 }}</ref> The town is located along the A3 Road between Nairobi and Garissa, {{convert|47|km|mi}} north of its county capital Kitui, and {{convert|200|km|mi}} east of the capital city of Nairobi. It was the capital of the former Mwingi District.
Mwingi is home to former Kenya's Vice President (2007–2013) Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. Major schools include St. Joseph's Junior Seminary, Mwingi Boys, Migwani Boys, Kimangao Girls, Thitani Girls, Kyuso Boys and Kyome Boys spread across the entire Mwingi region that includes the sub counties of Central, Mwingi East, Migwani, Kyuso, Mumoni, and Tseikuru.
==Gallery== <gallery> Mwingi post office.JPG|Mwingi post office Mwingi.jpg|Street scene Mwingi grain factory.JPG|Grain factory Mwingi local traffic.JPG|Local traffic Mwingi water supply.JPG|Water supply Mwingi mosque.JPG|Mosque </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}} {{First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya}}
Category:Populated places in Kitui County
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